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Tekton
A tekton correctly translates as a builder. Due to the scarcity of wood in the region, the most common application would have been as a stonemason.
2603:6011:A540:8300:8467:E2C5:DFC7:EEB9 (
talk) 04:05, 19 December 2023 (UTC)reply
The first bit is more or less true. The second is not. The earliest descriptions created the wood-working tradition that persists. But we don't really know.
Johnbod (
talk) 12:21, 5 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Jesus had golden hair and blue eyes?
The letter from Pontius Pilate to Julius Ceaser describes Jesus as having golden hair and blue eyes.
The letter is a complete fake.
Johnbod (
talk) 12:13, 5 May 2024 (UTC)reply
There is little controversy over Jesus' appearance
There is little controversy among scholars or Christian clergy today about Jesus appearance: he looked like a Middle-Easter Jew, similar to other Middle Eastern peoples, with tan skin and black hair. The very first sentence states this. But then the article gives a great deal of space to ideas from centuries ago, and ideas from racist ideologies, which have no scholarly support. They should all be put under a top-level heading "Non-historical Ideas of Jesus' Appearance", or in a separate article.
All the photos in the article are ahistorical. The first photo in the article should be of a Middle Eastern Jew, such as from
History of the Jews in Iraq.
Ttulinsky (
talk) 22:14, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply
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Tekton
A tekton correctly translates as a builder. Due to the scarcity of wood in the region, the most common application would have been as a stonemason.
2603:6011:A540:8300:8467:E2C5:DFC7:EEB9 (
talk) 04:05, 19 December 2023 (UTC)reply
The first bit is more or less true. The second is not. The earliest descriptions created the wood-working tradition that persists. But we don't really know.
Johnbod (
talk) 12:21, 5 May 2024 (UTC)reply
Jesus had golden hair and blue eyes?
The letter from Pontius Pilate to Julius Ceaser describes Jesus as having golden hair and blue eyes.
The letter is a complete fake.
Johnbod (
talk) 12:13, 5 May 2024 (UTC)reply
There is little controversy over Jesus' appearance
There is little controversy among scholars or Christian clergy today about Jesus appearance: he looked like a Middle-Easter Jew, similar to other Middle Eastern peoples, with tan skin and black hair. The very first sentence states this. But then the article gives a great deal of space to ideas from centuries ago, and ideas from racist ideologies, which have no scholarly support. They should all be put under a top-level heading "Non-historical Ideas of Jesus' Appearance", or in a separate article.
All the photos in the article are ahistorical. The first photo in the article should be of a Middle Eastern Jew, such as from
History of the Jews in Iraq.
Ttulinsky (
talk) 22:14, 10 May 2024 (UTC)reply