This is quite an interesting video (from a TV show?)
The Dark Ages: An Age Of Light S01 E01 The Clash Of The Gods
The description of variable early depictions of Jesus are interesting - variably as child-like; feminine; or unisex
(specifically starting at 15 mins; and more at 19.10 ... )
Dark Ages: an Age of Light - Clash of the Gods
Dark Ages: an Age of Light - Clash of the Gods
Last edited by MrMacSon on Fri Apr 11, 2014 11:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Dark Ages: an Age of Light - Clash of the Gods
"What you never see in these very first examples of Christian art is a Jesus who is suffering; in pain, covered in blood, like the one on the Turin shroud. That Jesus doesn't turn up for a 1,000 yrs or so, b/c the tortured Jesus is a creation of the Middle Ages; an expression of medieval guilt & terror."
http://youtu.be/9dgZyqiGu38?t=18m14s