References to Jesus as “Palestinian” were also made on the December 13th edition of BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Sunday Morning,’ without any explicit mention of Jesus’ Jewish identity.
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Throughout the program, Beckford noted accurately that artistic depictions of Jesus as blonde and European is historically inaccurate, but when discussing his national identity, the presenter referred to Jesus numerous times as a “first-century Palestinian Jew,” whereby the term “Palestinian” only came into common use 100 years after his death following the Bar Kokhba Revolt against the Roman Empire.
CAMERA highlighted the inaccuracy in a report earlier this year criticizing the New York Times, noting that“…during the time of Jesus, Bethlehem and Jerusalem were in what was commonly called Judea and Nazareth was in what was commonly called the Galilee. The land where Jesus lived did not take on the name Palestine until the second century, well after his death. Thus, the notion of “first-century Palestine,” […] is totally fictional…
In 132 (Common Era or AD), approximately 100 years after the crucifixion of Jesus, the Jews fought against Roman rule for a second time in what is known as the Bar Kokhba Revolt. After the Romans defeated the rebellious Jews in 135, they renamed the land of the Jews Palestina to punish the Jews and to make an example of them to other peoples considering rebellion. The Romans took away the Jewish name, Judea, and replaced it with the name of an ancient enemy the Jews despised. The Philistines were an extinct Aegean people whom the Jews had historically loathed as uncultured and barbaric.”
References to Jesus as “Palestinian” were also made on the December 13th edition of BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Sunday Morning,’ without any explicit mention of Jesus’ Jewish identity, according to CAMERA. The organization said they intend to ask the BBC to clarify the historical inaccuracies with a formal request.