Religion/Spirituality Lets talk about the role of Africa in early Christianity..

[GetInTheTruck]

Ethiopians and Somalians today, right?

So what did they look like back then? Ghanians, Angolans?

 

[TheProfessor]

So what did they look like back then? Ghanians?

Ghanaians today? Because most Ghanaian tribes trace their roots back to what is known as Sudan today. And...wasn't that part of Ethiopia back then? Yes, it was.

 

[GetInTheTruck]

Ghanaians today? Because most Ghanaian tribes trace their roots back to what is known as Sudan today. And...wasn't that part of Ethiopia back then? Yes, it was.

When I say back then I mean during the time of Jesus, obviously. So you're saying all Africans looked alike during the time of Jesus?

 

[TheProfessor]

When I say back then I mean during the time of Jesus, obviously. So you're saying all Africans looked alike during the time of Jesus?

All Ghanaians don't look alike today. Yet you classified them as one group, no? Why can't you do the same for the Ethiopians of that time? Pray, tell.

And...just to add...most Ghanaians today lived in Ethiopia during that time. They were "Ethiopians."

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Leave this thread because you just don't know what you're talking about. Yeah, there are Ethiopians today who resemble Arabs...after hundreds and hundreds of years of racial mixing. They didn't resemble Arabs then! In fact, the word Ethiopia was the word Africa before Africa was the word Africa. Just go away, man.

Exactly. People don't know shyt. How people look today is not indicative how they looked previously. The actual origin of the word "Ethipoia" comes from the

Ethiopia is the English transliteration of the Greek word "Αιθιοπα" (or Aithiopia) which originates from the Greek word "Αιθιοψ" or "aithiops" which literally means "charred or burnt." "Aithiops" is in fact composed of "αιθιω" (meaning "I burn") and "ωψ" (meaning face or complexion).

Prior to Greek history, Ethiopia was known as "Kush" by the ancient "Egyptians." The Buhen stela (housed in the Florence Museum), which dates from the reign of Sety I (1294-1279 BC), refers to this region as "Kas" and "Kash." Kush is also mentioned as "KSH" in other texts dated between 1550 - 1069 BC.

Thank you for posting this. The actual etymology of the word ethiopia means "charred or burnt" aka Black, which is conicidentally the same terminology that was used to describe Jesus.

 

[GetInTheTruck]

All Ghanaians don't look alike today. Yet you classified them as one group, no? Why can't you do the same for the Ethiopians of that time? Pray, tell.

And...just to add...most Ghanaians today lived in Ethiopia during that time. They were "Ethiopians."

All Chinese people don't look alike either but Chinese people in general look different from Koreans.

You said Jesus must have been an African because he was supposedly mistaken for an Ethiopian. I'm asking you to confirm whether or not all Africans looked alike during the time of Jesus. What did Ethiopians look like back then?

 

[GetInTheTruck]

Exactly. People don't know shyt. How people look today is not indicative how they looked previously. The actual origin of the word "Ethipoia" comes from the

Thank you for posting this. The actual etymology of the word ethiopia means "charred or burnt" aka Black, which is conicidentally the same terminology that was used to describe Jesus.

True....but this thread is about Jesus...who wasn't an Ethiopian/African.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Exactly. People don't know shyt. How people look today is not indicative how they looked previously. The actual origin of the word "Ethipoia" comes from the

Thank you for posting this. The actual etymology of the word ethiopia means "charred or burnt" aka Black, which is conicidentally the same terminology that was used to describe Jesus.

The problem is only his feet were that color, not the rest of his body. Matter of fact, his head AND his hair were 'white like wool, white as snow'.​

 

[TheProfessor]

All Chinese people don't look alike either but Chinese people in general look different from Koreans.

You said Jesus must have been an African because he was supposedly mistaken for an Ethiopian. I'm asking you to confirm whether or not all Africans looked alike during the time of Jesus. What did Ethiopians look like back then?

You're getting desperate. I've already explained to you where the word Ethiopia came from, which relates specifically to their black/burnt skin. That was their outstanding feature. It should be noted that the eastern Ethiopians (and when I say east I mean the ones in ASIA) were known for having straight hair while the western Ethiopians (the ones in AFRICA) were known for their curly hair. Both had black skin. But it seems you just don't get it. The Africa you see today isn't how it was during that time. Most Africans lived in the northern and eastern parts of the continent then. They migrated all over (west, south, etc.) after countless invasions from the North. So did the Ethiopians back then look like Ghanaians today? Yes, because they were one and the same. Next time you respond go do some research and come back with something concrete instead of talking out of your a**, asking dumb questions that have already been answered, and making silly assumptions off of what you wish was true.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

The problem is only his feet were that color, not the rest of his body. Matter of fact, his head AND his hair were 'white like wool, white as snow'.​

 

[TheProfessor]

These same people probably think the Egyptians back then looked like the Egyptians today. Sure...and Americans back then look like Americans today.

When they were killing Hebrew children, Egypt went to go hide in Egypt...among people who resembled him. It should be noted that the FIRST Arab invasion of Egypt did not occur until the 6/7th century.

 

[GetInTheTruck]

You're getting desperate. I've already explained to you where the word Ethiopia came from, which relates specifically to their black/burnt skin. That was their outstanding feature. It should be noted that the eastern Ethiopians (and when I say east I mean the ones in ASIA) were known for having straight hair while the western Ethiopians (the ones in AFRICA) were known for their curly hair. Both had black skin. But it seems you just don't get it. The Africa you see today isn't how it was during that time. Most Africans lived in the northern and eastern parts of the continent then. They migrated all over (west, south, etc.) after countless invasions from the North. So did the Ethiopians back then look like Ghanaians today? Yes, because they were one and the same. Next time you respond go do some research and come back with something concrete instead of talking out of your a**, asking dumb questions that have already been answered, and making silly assumptions off of what you wish was true.

You aren't citing facts though just quoting things you read on sites that cater to ignorant people.

for example, no reputable scholar would agree that the people in the part of Asia you are referring to (India) were "eastern ethiopians," it's absurd, and I've already described why in other threads only recently. If you want to go back maybe 80-100,000 years ago, sure, everybody migrated out of Africa, but we aren't going back that far....you are basically saying that Ethiopians went into Asia and established a colony....with a completely different language and culture....but that doesn't matter, they must have come from Africa because they had dark skin and wavy hair

it's just as absurd as saying things like Jesus was an African.

I mean you can't promote this kind of garbage and expect to be taken seriously.

 

[GetInTheTruck]

This would be an excellent point if Jesus were an African.

But he wasn't

 

[TheProfessor]

You aren't citing facts though just quoting things you read on sites that cater to ignorant people.

for example, no reputable scholar would agree that the people in the part of Asia you are referring to (India) were "eastern ethiopians," it's absurd, and I've already described why in other threads only recently. If you want to go back maybe 80-100,000 years ago, sure, everybody migrated out of Africa, but we aren't going back that far....you are basically saying that Ethiopians went into Asia and established a colony....with a completely different language and culture....but that doesn't matter, they must have come from Africa because they had dark skin and wavy hair

it's just as absurd as saying things like Jesus was an African.

I mean you can't promote this kind of garbage and expect to be taken seriously.

It's absurd? Really?
“It seems certain,” declares Sir E. A. Wallis Budge, “that classical historians and geographers called the whole region from India to Egypt, both countries inclusive, by the name of Ethiopia, and in consequence they regarded all the dark-skinned and black peoples who inhabited it as Ethiopians. Homer and Herodotus call all the peoples of the Sudan, Egypt, Arabia, Palestine and Western Asia and India Ethiopians.”

“The Ethiopians were considered as occupying all the south coasts of both Asia and Africa...this is an ancient opinion of the of the Greeks.” - Ephorus

“Ethiopia was the first established country on earth; and the Ethiopians were the first who introduced the worship of the gods, and who established laws.” The vestiges of this early civilization have been found in Nubia, the Egyptian Sudan, West Africa, Egypt, Mashonaland, India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Arabia." - Stephanus of Byzantium

Need I go on?

Please, feel free to add something other than YOUR opinion.

 

[GetInTheTruck]

It's absurd? Really?
“It seems certain,” declares Sir E. A. Wallis Budge, “that classical historians and geographers called the whole region from India to Egypt, both countries inclusive, by the name of Ethiopia, and in consequence they regarded all the dark-skinned and black peoples who inhabited it as Ethiopians. Homer and Herodotus call all the peoples of the Sudan, Egypt, Arabia, Palestine and Western Asia and India Ethiopians.”

“The Ethiopians were considered as occupying all the south coasts of both Asia and Africa...this is an ancient opinion of the of the Greeks.” - Ephorus

“Ethiopia was the first established country on earth; and the Ethiopians were the first who introduced the worship of the gods, and who established laws.” The vestiges of this early civilization have been found in Nubia, the Egyptian Sudan, West Africa, Egypt, Mashonaland, India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Arabia." - Stephanus of Byzantium

Need I go on?

Please, feel free to add something other than YOUR opinion.

Dog, this was before anybody knew anything about India and the rest of the East, they made assumptions based on their limited knowledge and understanding. When Herodotus wrote the Histories he didn't even know China existed.

We know today that the Indus Valley (the civilization you are referring to) developed alongside and independently of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Their script hasn't even been deciphered yet, so how can they be related to Ethiopians and East Africans?

Like I said, if you want to go way, way back and say that human beings migrated out of Africa and settled in different parts of the world, including Asia, then I would agree. But the civilizations YOU are referencing weren't in any way, shape, or form "ethiopian."