Jesus Preaching in the Synagogue by Maurycy Gottlieb by wikimedia.org
Bill O'Reilly disputed the two main points of my recent HuffPost blog (also in OpEdNews) on his July 16 The O'Reilly Factor broadcast: My affirmation of Jesus' lifelong dedication to Judaism (meaning he did not start a new religion) and my assertion that Renaissance art representations of Jesus omit his Jewish identity and thus falsify biblical history. Art historians do not deny the absence of a Semitic Jewish Jesus in Renaissance artworks. Wouldn't it would be better and more useful to celebrate the common ground of Judaism and Christianity rather than manufacturing divisive spins? Perhaps that's what Pope Francis was suggesting in his statement: "Inside every Christian is a Jew." [link]
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