Early Image of Jesus Found in Egyptian Tomb

[Cow Poke]

You left out a letter "i".

Cause I knew you'd never be happy if you couldn't complain.

(It's ok, Jesse -- he ain't ugly, he's my brother!)

So, buy me a vowel, Rouge!

[Jesse]

During my "Googling" I found this quote on the HuffingtonPost article about it:

CORRECTION: A previous headline of this article incorrectly suggested the depiction found in Egypt was the earliest known; it is among the earliest, but other images thought to be of Jesus predate it.

I wonder what those other images are and if there are any similarities/differences.

[One Bad Pig]

The earliest images found archeologically are probably from the Roman catacombs in the 3rd century. There are a couple icons attributed by legend to St. Luke, but I'm not sure if they have been tested (and they may have been repaired over the centuries, which would throw off dates). Many images were destroyed in the 8th century by iconoclasts.

[rogue06]

Cause I knew you'd never be happy if you couldn't complain.

You know me so well

(It's ok, Jesse -- he ain't ugly, he's my brother!)

I'm too purty to be ugly. Just homely enough to be considered cute (at least to the wimmenfolk who forgot to wear their glasses).

So, buy me a vowel, Rouge!

I see you're trying to make me happy again Cow Poek

[rogue06]

The earliest images found archeologically are probably from the Roman catacombs in the 3rd century. There are a couple icons attributed by legend to St. Luke, but I'm not sure if they have been tested (and they may have been repaired over the centuries, which would throw off dates). Many images were destroyed in the 8th century by iconoclasts.

And many of the early Church Fathers spoke negatively about making images of Jesus as well as the 4^th century Synod of Elvira.

One of the earliest depictions that has survived and isn't from the Roman catacombs comes from what appears to have been the baptismal chamber of a house-church in Dura-Europos on the Euphrates River in modern Syria depicting the miraculous healing the paralytic at Capernaum by Jesus in the Gospels in (Matthew 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26). It is dated at c.235 B.C.

church-healing-of-paralytic.jpg
Christ is top center

[tabibito]

Say it isn't so Ethel.

And many of the early Church Fathers spoke negatively about making images of Jesus as well as the 4^th century Synod of Elvira.

One of the earliest depictions that has survived and isn't from the Roman catacombs comes from what appears to have been the baptismal chamber of a house-church in Dura-Europos on the Euphrates River in modern Syria depicting the miraculous healing the paralytic at Capernaum by Jesus in the Gospels in (Matthew 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26). It is dated at c.235 B.C.

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[Jesse]

And many of the early Church Fathers spoke negatively about making images of Jesus as well as the 4^th century Synod of Elvira.

One of the earliest depictions that has survived and isn't from the Roman catacombs comes from what appears to have been the baptismal chamber of a house-church in Dura-Europos on the Euphrates River in modern Syria depicting the miraculous healing the paralytic at Capernaum by Jesus in the Gospels in (Matthew 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26). It is dated at c.235 B.C.

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Thank you both One Bad Pig and rogue06 for clarifying this for me.

Rogue, the Healing of the Paralytic painting is also the earliest one I could find myself. It's interesting that both of these depict Christ as having short, curly hair. And the tunic is also pretty much the same. Very interesting.

[rogue06]

Say it isn't so Ethel.

It was... um... er... I, uh ... did it on purpose so that CP would have something to pick on me about. Yeah, that's the ticket. I did it on purpose

[Cow Poke]

It was... um... er... I, uh ... did it on purpose so that CP would have something to pick on me about. Yeah, that's the ticket. I did it on purpose

He always comes back to this if he's not quick enough to destroy the evidence that he even tried.

[tabibito]

Reconstruction based on the shroud of Turin:
Turin Reconstruct.jpg
It is a highly intriguing piece of linen.

[rogue06]

He always comes back to this if he's not quick enough to destroy the evidence that he even tried.

Growing up around you made me an expert on covering my tracks. But at 5:00 in the morning when I've had 13 hours sleep over the past 72 hours I got sloppy.

[Cow Poke]

Reconstruction based on the shroud of Turin:
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It is a highly intriguing piece of linen.

Intriguing, yes -- reliable, not so much.

[tabibito]

I'm not satisfied one way or the other, but the claim that it originates in the early 1300s doesn't hold water - a hymnal from 70 years earlier has a picture of the shroud on it.
This isn't the most exhaustive report, but it is a (relatively) dispassionate overview.
http://shroud2000.com/FastFacts.html

[Jesse]

Intriguing, yes -- reliable, not so much.

Here also is Christ in the Roman Catacomb of Callixtus (End of the 2nd Century):

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Is there anything to be said for these depictions being so similar but being so far apart where age is concerned?

[rogue06]

The latter is interesting for being beardless which definitely would not have been the norm.