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Ancient Greeks also had more blond hair based on descriptions. The Shrike Send a noteboard - 23/11/2017 01:42:02 PM

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I actually got it for my daughters because the artwork is really high quality. For the record, I will point out that St. John of Damascus said that Jesus had blond hair and green or blue eyes, and he was writing in the Near East in the Fifth Century AD. His account is cited by Borromeo in De Pictura Sacra when setting out proper standards for depicting various Biblical figures.

People think of the Near East phenotypes in modern eyes. They don't consider the waves of invasion that changed the genetic makeup of the region. So it is possible that Jesus could have been fair haired.

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