Jesus the Blue Eyed Jew

I wrote this in December of 2010, perhaps a little angry.  For a deeper consideration of one important point from the book, see "Dreaded Questions about Baby Afterlife".

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The Aryan features of Jesus fit well with almost every popular Hollywood depiction of him, from Max von Sydow in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) to Willem Defoe in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).  Refer also to Jeffrey Hunter in King of Kings (1961) and Robert Powell in Jesus of Nazareth (1977).

Semitic-eyed Jesus movies include The Gospel of John (2003), Jesus (1999), Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999), Jesus (1979), The Messiah(1975), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Godspell (1973), and the black-and-white films (because who knows?) like 1905's Life and Passion of Jesus Christ, 1912's From the Manger to the Cross, 1927's Cecil B. DeMille-directed King of Kings (Jesus is Mr. Gower!), 1935's Golgotha, 1964's Marxist The Gospel According to St. Matthew.

Anti-semitic as he may be accused, at least Mel Gibson digitally browned James Caviezel's eyes for The Passion of the Christ (2004).

I appeal to Wikipedia:  The Race of Jesus, especially The Race of Jesus: Middle Eastern? and its referenced painting, William Holman Hunt's The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple.