Jesus probably had a Mediterranean complexion. A lot of the Judeans at the time were mixed up with the Greco-Romans.
@XOIIO, I’m probably one of the most aggressively atheist people here—but I think that it’s an extremely unconsidered claim to say that Jesus never existed. A Judean cult leader named Jesus almost certainly existed. Consider this:
The earliest Christian writings we have are from Paul, around 50 AD. Now, if you don’t think Jesus existed, that means Paul and Peter made up his character from scratch, right? But that is contradicted by the historical record. Because we know from Paul’s writings that there was already a well-formed cult centered around Jesus when he started writing. In fact, this cult was already so developed that it had split into sects.
So, if Paul and Peter just “made Jesus up,” that leaves a gaping hole in the historical record—where did his cult come from?
It’s not a controversial claim to say that a guy named Yeshua started a mystery-religion inspired cult around 30 AD and got crucified. There were many such cults. And it’s also the simplest explanation. Occam’s razor should tell you that Jesus existed.
Now, did he actually walk on water, raise people from the dead, etc? Of course not. Likewise, Muhammad didn’t actually fly up into the sky on a flying donkey, as his followers later claimed. But Muhammad certainly existed. Just because a historical figure has a bunch of legends and myths associated with him doesn’t mean that figure is imaginary.