FINALLY! An Accurate Representation of Biblical Figures
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Maximus Rex
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It's finally good to see that somebody took it upon themselves to accurately portray what people in the Old Testament looked like. To bad dude didn't include Abraham, Issac, Jacob, and Moses'em. Dude really needed to include Moses.
What Would Characters From The Bible Really Look Like? Here's One Photographer's Idea
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/07/characters-from-bible-really-look-like-_n_5281519.html
The Huffington Post By Sara Roncero-Menendez
Plenty of films have taken a stab at bringing Bible stories to life, from "The Ten Commandments" and "Jesus Christ: Superstar" to this year's "Son of ? " and "Noah." But despite those movies' different genres and tones, these films all tend to share one similarity: They have white casts, even though the Bible's characters would have been from parts of Africa or the Middle East. Photographer James C. Lewis of Noire3000 | N3K Photo Studios has decided to rectify by presenting these iconic figures in a new light.
Lewis' "Icons Of The Bible" photo series depicts some of the most famous characters from the Old and New Testament exclusively as people of color, including Simon Peter, Elijah, King Solomon and the archangel Gabriel. The series, which will be fully released in October, features 70 models who identify as either Asian, Native American, Hispanic, African, Middle Eastern, Black American and West Indian.
"I think it is very important to see one's self in the Scripture so that it may become real in their eyes," Lewis told The Huffington Post. "The whitewashing of the Bible has always bothered me. However I'm happy to now have the opportunity to give a different point of view."
What Would Characters From The Bible Really Look Like? Here's One Photographer's Idea
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/07/characters-from-bible-really-look-like-_n_5281519.html
The Huffington Post By Sara Roncero-Menendez
Plenty of films have taken a stab at bringing Bible stories to life, from "The Ten Commandments" and "Jesus Christ: Superstar" to this year's "Son of ? " and "Noah." But despite those movies' different genres and tones, these films all tend to share one similarity: They have white casts, even though the Bible's characters would have been from parts of Africa or the Middle East. Photographer James C. Lewis of Noire3000 | N3K Photo Studios has decided to rectify by presenting these iconic figures in a new light.
Lewis' "Icons Of The Bible" photo series depicts some of the most famous characters from the Old and New Testament exclusively as people of color, including Simon Peter, Elijah, King Solomon and the archangel Gabriel. The series, which will be fully released in October, features 70 models who identify as either Asian, Native American, Hispanic, African, Middle Eastern, Black American and West Indian.
"I think it is very important to see one's self in the Scripture so that it may become real in their eyes," Lewis told The Huffington Post. "The whitewashing of the Bible has always bothered me. However I'm happy to now have the opportunity to give a different point of view."
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Accurate would mean this stuff happened....
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King david is fine as ? .
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judging by the comments in the article - a lot of white feelings were hurt
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King david is fine as ? .
? it, Hulk smash on Elizabeth and Rachel, especially Rachel.
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I didn't know eurasians look like that.
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Maximus Rex wrote: »
You got heathen right. -
Is that damian marley as gabriel? Lmao
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Lotta atheist on the IC
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I doubt king David and Elijah the prophet had fades....
But GOAT nonetheless -
My ? waka as Jeremiah.
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I thought Jeremiah was waka flocka for a second
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Dude put different ethnicities in in the characters place. I love this. I will most def go see the display. It will be here in ATL
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No black excellence? Near to accurate depiction of the fictional characters nonetheless
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Its good that this ? is out there, get a mainstream discussion going, an accurate portayal of Moses would expose a lot of jews.
with that said, Most of em(especially kind David n solomon) look like a bunch of ? . Where are the beards n og robes lol Why they look like they were extras in a 300 movie? -
I see what you're getting at w this.. So I ain't gonna bash it..
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So is jezebel the broad in your sig?
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This thread wild ? b
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Black people always going too far. The correct way of dealing with whitewashed history/mythology isn't to blackwash it. While some of the characters were likely black, the average Bible character didn't look like a member the local HBCU sororities and fraternities.
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This is just more speculation
We can't know for certain whether these people looked Arabic, East African, North African, or whatever else
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I wanna take photo of myself like that and hang it in my living room. Have lions, tigers, and a harem of ? ? grabbing at my magnifence. Let that be the photo they use at the wake of my funeral.
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Yo this ? looks like a damn alaye calendar commercial. I'm out.
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The Lonious Monk wrote: »Black people always going too far. The correct way of dealing with whitewashed history/mythology isn't to blackwash it. While some of the characters were likely black, the average Bible character didn't look like a member the local HBCU sororities and fraternities.