Early Image of Beardless Jesus Found

[Viggen]

Archaeologists in Spain have unearthed one of the earliest known images of Jesus, shedding new light on the appearance of Christianity in Spain.  Engraved on a glass plate (called a paten) which dates back to the 4th century A.D., Jesus is depicted beardless and with short, curly hair. He wears what appears to be a philosopher’s toga and is flanked by two equally beardless male characters, thought to be the apostles Peter and Paul. All men have halos over their heads.  The plate, which measures 8.6 inches in diameter, is believed to have held Eucharistic bread in early Christian rituals. It was unearthed, broken in several fragments, inside a religious building in the ancient town of Cástulo in Andalusia...

 

...via Discovery

[caldrail]

There's no suprise to thiss. Early Roman representations of Jeus show a cherub-like figure and the normal image we see today of the calm hippy is an invention of the Middle Ages. truth is I doubt anyone knows what he looked like.

[Onasander]

Having been a Cynic who walked long distances, as Jesus sorta parallels in pedestrian behavior, I think the beard is a safe given. Especially how kosher he tried to be.

 

It's really not that easy to shave in transit. If I was doing it by foot, I'd skip it when not in a suburb or urban area.... it's about the last thing you want to do on a chilly morning after napping on hard, uneven ground.

 

Robes of some sort make sense.... keeps out dust, keeps off the sun... something to wrap yourself with at night.

 

I just doubt the philosophers robe. Furthermore.... outside of the double cloak Zeno of Citrium introduced over the Cynic single cliak, I don't think we had a standard guild dress code.

 

I recall Crates being lectured for wearing Cloth (an apparent taboo in Athens) and he decided to prove to the judge even the fabulous Aristotelian philosopher Theophrastus was wearing cloth right now.... went to prove the judges skepticism wrong, and brought him to the barber, where Theophrastus was getting a haircut, wrapped in cloth.

 

Others seemed to wear scratchy materials, like burlap or inverted animal hides. Others were high ranking aristocrats. I doubt they went the scratchy route, more likely the silky, nicely dyed route. And this matters, not one damn bit, when your a philosopher, save a Cynic, who thinks about these things compulsively in bad weather (there was a orthodox dress code for Cynics, which alot of evidence suggests though some followed it, many did not.... as it had jack to do with anything regarding Cynicism)

 

I can't say I know of a time when there was a unified dress code for us, as a collective group, ever. Philosophers were always too diverse a crowd. I don't dress the same as Derrida, Zizek doesn't as Ayn Rand.

Edited October 6, 2014 by Onasander