I was just reading it, and they all look white, except the egyptians.
2007-06-01 18:26:24 · 13 answers · asked by Lee Chamberlain 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They aren't, from your statement I assume they are white in the book you read.
People in the Bible were Middle Eastern and looked a lot like what people from the Middle East look today, various shades from light to dark.
I have seen books with either or both light skinned and dark skinned people.
Since the Bible was obviously written by Middle Eastern people it is not hard to figure out who is full of trash in these answers.
2007-06-01 18:34:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You were just reading "it"? Which "it" were you reading specifically, and how does one "it" mean that all biblical figures are white in children's bible story books?
That being said my guess is because the publishers told the artist's to make them white. I'm sure that if you read children's bible story books from other countries they characters would be other colours...maybe even plaid.
2007-06-02 01:31:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Biblical figures look like the Royalty of the country the artist lived in when painting them. I do not know why, but I guess it's a way to stay alive, and reflect the holiness of the country the king lives in.
2007-06-02 01:35:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't blame it on the white man, even here where I am living the Bible story books written by the locals here, also have white.
2007-06-02 01:50:58 · answer #4 · answered by Stupid Me 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because you went to the white bible story book store?
2007-06-02 01:30:09 · answer #5 · answered by rndyh77 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it started from tradition in England
during the King James era.
2007-06-02 01:32:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Man is the reason, plain and simple. The same reason that Jesus is portrayed as blonde haired and blue eyed when it's quite certain He wasn't due to the fact that He was Jewish.
2007-06-02 01:31:40 · answer #7 · answered by dooder 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Bible was written by middle-aged white men. Need I say more?
2007-06-02 01:29:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
I know they are supposed to be Black (my friends tell me so)but,that was the descendants of Ham, Cush, and Mizraim ,not Shem and Japheth.
2007-06-02 01:36:28 · answer #9 · answered by AngelsFan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a bit ridiculous isn't it, considering where they lived.
2007-06-02 01:30:08 · answer #10 · answered by Ivyvine 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋