Yeah and I'm not one to get into a fight over whether Meds are white or not, but I well know how much they can tan -- see them after their 6 weeks of paid vacation. So Jesus can probably be almost whatever shade makes you feel best between lily white and Guatemalan, lol
Color is one of the most difficult things to interpret from ancient written sources. Historians write whole treatises on the use of color in ancient texts. The description of color is entirely dependent on the viewer and shifts over time.
Though I've seen people assume that the term "wine-dark sea" indicated that Homer had a problem seeing colour, I don't think so. I think he only had more or less clear water, and opaque wine, for to choose from for a description of how, well, dark the sea was that he was trying to describe (rather than its actual apparent colour). And it's usually that dark when a storm is brewing, I would imagine, compared to when it's calm and you can wade and see the bottom.
I always figured maybe "olive-skinned", as we used to call it. Or "well-tanned".
Yeah and I'm not one to get into a fight over whether Meds are white or not, but I well know how much they can tan -- see them after their 6 weeks of paid vacation. So Jesus can probably be almost whatever shade makes you feel best between lily white and Guatemalan, lol
Color is one of the most difficult things to interpret from ancient written sources. Historians write whole treatises on the use of color in ancient texts. The description of color is entirely dependent on the viewer and shifts over time.
Mm, and the writer might have been colour-blind.
Though I've seen people assume that the term "wine-dark sea" indicated that Homer had a problem seeing colour, I don't think so. I think he only had more or less clear water, and opaque wine, for to choose from for a description of how, well, dark the sea was that he was trying to describe (rather than its actual apparent colour). And it's usually that dark when a storm is brewing, I would imagine, compared to when it's calm and you can wade and see the bottom.
I always figured it was a metaphor.