What Color Was Jesus?: A Mad Economist Takes a Stroll [Paperback]

William Mosley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1997

Shatters the myth of a blond-haired, blue-eyed Jesus and examines the psychological effect of the white image of Christ.

Product Details

• Paperback: 67 pages
• Publisher: African American Images (August 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0913543098
• ISBN-13: 978-0913543092
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,662,800 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE WORLD MUST KNOW THE REAL TRUTH NOW..., June 14, 2004

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This review is from: What Color Was Jesus?: A Mad Economist Takes a Stroll (Paperback)

THE WORLD MUST KNOW THE REAL TRUTH NOW BEFORE IT IS TO LATE...ALL THE SO CALLED JESUS FOLLOWERS BEWARE WHEN HE COMES BACK YOU WILL NOT KNOW HIM.. WHY BECAUSE YOU WILL BE LOOKING FOR THE WRONG MAN JESUS WAS BORN BY A BLACK WOMEN , HIS BLOOD LINE IS BLACK, HES BROTHERS AND FAMILY WERE BLACK..AND SO YOU MUST UN DO THIS DUMB SPELL YOU WERE PUT UNDER AND THEN ONLY THEN YOU WILL YOU LEARN TO LOVE THE REAL JESUS A BLACK MAN TYAKE IT OR LET IT ALONE..THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE..STOP FOLLOWING THE IMPOSTER WITH THE BLOUND HAIR AND BLUE EYES...HE'S A FAKE..IF TO THE WORLD IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT COLOR HE WAS ..WHY'D THEY PAINT HIM WHITE..ALL YOU PREATCHERS AND LEADERS TELL THE TRUTH STAND UP FOR JESUS YOU MAKE MILLIONS IN HIS NAME..

5.0 out of 5 stars A CHALLENGING AND CONTROVERSIAL THESIS, December 24, 2010

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Steven H. Propp (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What Color Was Jesus?: A Mad Economist Takes a Stroll (Paperback)

At the time this 1987 book was puboished, William Mosley was "a scholar, former pastor and investigator with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission."

Here are some quotations from the book:

"In short, if there was an assimilation of Black peoples among the Israelites, and there was; and if Jesus was an Israelite, and He was; then Jesus might very well have inherited genes from Ethiopian ancestors, which would have made him Black." (Pg. 7)
"It was obvious (to Eurocentric Christians) that no Black Jesus would reign over this world. He had to be White." (Pg. 14)
"This identification of Christ with a typical White appearance, therefore, excludes His identification with Blacks. At the same time it reinforces notions and feelings of superiority among those whose physical appearance most approximates the prevailing conception." (Pg. 39)
"The impact of a White image of Jesus has been devastating on the Black community. It has reduced the number of Black men who worship and the self-determination of the remaining congregation to believe they have control over their lives." (Pg. 64)

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1.0 out of 5 stars The True Description of Jesus, September 12, 2000

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Ginger Ballard (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What Color Was Jesus?: A Mad Economist Takes a Stroll (Paperback)

First, let me start by saying, I love everyone white, black, barney purple and kermit the frog green, but the facts are facts and based on the bible's description of Jesus, when he appeared to John on the Island of Patmos in the book of revelation. John's description of Jesus and I quote: HIS HEAD AND HAIRS WERE WHITE LIKE WOOL AND HIS FEET WAS LIKE UNTO FINE BRASS AS IF IT WAS BURNED IN A FURNACE. Okay now for the intrepretation: Jesus was clothed in a white robe with only his feet uncovered, now you be the judge, when brass or any other metal is burned, not even biblically speaking, scientifically speaking, OXIDATION DOES OCCUR does it not? Okay, here's another example, any of you non-cooks out there ever burn a pot, I have, now that pot doesn't turn white, it turns even darker than the original color doesn't it. And, as for John Bart-Plange's idiot statement about Jesus could not have been exclusively black while all his ancestors were white. Well, that's true, so I'm taking it a step further by saying that not only was Jesus an Asiatic black man, but so was his ancestors all the way down to yes you guessed it Adam. And here is also another example, remember Mary and Joseph's attempt to hide from King Herod, they fled into EGYPT, which is and will always be apart of Africa no matter what the historians say. Now how could they have hidden from Herod if they had white skin? I don't think so. And for those people who say that color isn't important, well does flesh have color on it? For those who deny the color of Jesus, denies that he is come in the flesh and the scripture clearly states:

1 John chapter 4:2-3

"Hereby know ye the spirit of God. Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God and every spirit that confesseth NOT that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of GOD AND THIS IS THAT SPIRIT OF THE ANTICHRIST, whereof ye have heard that is should come, and even now already is it in the world."

Again to deny Jesus' skin color is to deny that he in fact has come in the flesh and now we know who those people are that always say oh! Christ is not a color or it doesn't matter. It must matter, because the only way we can be of God is to confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.

Now, to display a false image of christ is blasphemy, when you read in the bible that Jesus looks one way, and you look up at almost every church that have looking the opposite way, one would have to wonder why did people go to great lengths to hid Jesus true identity. If it really didn't matter what color Jesus was, why did they choose paint him white with blue eyes. The verses in the book of Revelation is clear and it reads

Revelation 1:12-14

AND I TURNED TO SEE THE VOICE THAT SPAKE WITH ME. AND BEING TURNED, I SAW SEVEN GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS (Rev 1:12). AND IN THE MIDST OF THE SEVEN CANDLESTICKS ONE LIKE UNTO THE SON OF MAN, CLOTHED WITH A GARMENT DOWN TO THE FOOT, AND GIRT ABOUT THE PAPS WITH A GOLDEN GIRDLE (Rev. 1:13). HIS HEAD AND HIS HAIRS WERE LIKE WOOL AS WHITE AS SNOW (Jesus had gray wooly hair I don't know too many wooly headed European Americans. Do you?) AND HIS EYES WERE AS A FLAME OF FIRE (see that knocks the blue-eyed theory out the box right there) (Rev 1:14). Last but not least, the clincher the description: Rev 1:15 STATES AND HIS FEET LIKE UNTO FINE BRASS, AS IF THEY BURNED IN A FURNACE; AND HIS VOICE AS THE SOUND OF MANY WATERS. Now that don't sound like the Guy they Michaelangelo painted (did I spell his name right?) anyway who cares. What I really care about is the truth. Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.

God Speed yes even to John Bart-Plange.