Pictures of Jesus

Slide 2: Pictures of Jesus I’ve got a picture of Jesus, In his arms so many prayers rest We’ve got a picture of Jesus, And with him we shall be forever blessed.

Slide 3: 1. The Romanesque Jesus

Slide 4: Ancient Jesus – drawing found in catacombs – dated AD375

Slide 5: Stained Glass Jesus - one of the first faces of Christ ever to be made in glass. Dated 1070, from an abbey in the borderland between France and Germany.

Slide 6: Sinai Jesus – a rare surviving icon

Slide 7: Shroud of Turin – either 1st century or 1260 (depending on who you believe)

Slide 8: 2. Gentle Jesus

Slide 9: The Light of the World by Holman Hunt (1854)

Slide 10: Bearded-Lady Jesus

Slide 13: Hollywood Jesus – Robert Powell in Jesus of Nazareth

Slide 14: 3. Revolutionary Jesus

Slide 15: Pasolini’s The Gospel According to Matthew

Slide 17: Che Jesus – used as advertising campaign by Church of England in 1999

Slide 18: 4. The ordinary Galilean

Slide 19: BBC Jesus

Slide 21: 5. The culturally acceptable Jesus

Slide 22: Businessman Jesus

Slide 23: Politician Jesus

Slide 24: Tattooed Jesus

Slide 25: Simpson’s Jesus

Slide 26: Gun-toting Jesus

Slide 27: Hamburger Jesus?

Slide 28: 6. The marginal Messiah

Slide 29: Black Jesus – In 2004, Jesus was voted greatest black icon of all time by the New Nation newspaper

Slide 30: Ethiopian 17th Black Jesus – In 2004, Jesus was century voted greatest black icon of all time by the New Nation newspaper

Slide 31: Top – Ethiopian 17th Black Jesus – In 2004, Jesus was century voted greatest black icon of all time by the New Nation Bottom – Roman 530AD newspaper

Slide 32: Rasta Jesus Jamaica

Slide 33: Laughing Jesus El Salvador

Slide 34: Oppressed Jesus Mexico

Slide 35: Guru Jesus India

Slide 36: Homeless Jesus USA

Slide 37: 7. Creepy Jesus?

Slide 41: In what ways is Jesus like… …the Romanesque Jesus – transfixing, transcendent, tranquil

Slide 42: In what ways is Jesus like… …the Romanesque Jesus – transfixing, transcendent, tranquil …gentle Jesus – calm, serene, majestic

Slide 43: In what ways is Jesus like… …the Romanesque Jesus – transfixing, transcendent, tranquil …gentle Jesus – calm, serene, majestic …revolutionary Jesus – dangerous, conspiratorial, radical

Slide 44: In what ways is Jesus like… …the Romanesque Jesus – transfixing, transcendent, tranquil …gentle Jesus – calm, serene, majestic …revolutionary Jesus – dangerous, conspiratorial, radical …an ordinary Galilean – earthy, Jewish, provincial

Slide 45: In what ways is Jesus like… …the Romanesque Jesus – transfixing, transcendent, tranquil …gentle Jesus – calm, serene, majestic …revolutionary Jesus – dangerous, conspiratorial, radical …an ordinary Galilean – earthy, Jewish, provincial …the marginal Messiah – oppressed, poor, suffering