Wedding at Cana by Paolo Veronese--en.wikipedia.org
Imagine Jesus returning and standing in front of two adjoining buildings -- a synagogue and a Catholic church. Which one would he choose to enter? Keep this image of the Jewish Jesus in mind when you view Renaissance paintings of Jesus, his family, and followers. For example, The Wedding at Cana, by sixteenth-century artist Paolo Veronese, was inspired by a description of the event in the Gospel of John (2:1-11). It's a Jewish wedding attended by Jesus, his mother, Mary, and the disciples. To explore this further I projected a photo of Paolo Veronese's painting on a screen for an audience of thirty adults, mostly Jewish. Not a single person associated the painting with anything Jewish. Some said it looked like a Roman party or orgy. [link]
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