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Re: Myth vs Fact
By:ebw
Date: Wednesday, 25 January 2006, 3:15 am
In Response To: Re: Myth vs Fact (OT2)

> OK. Do you accept the historicity of the
> genealogies at the beginning of Luke and
> Matthew?

No I don't.

For one thing the two genealogies contradict each other.

The commonly given excuse for this is that one of them is Joseph's genealogy and the other is Mary's.

But how could that be? Both genealogies mention Joseph (not Mary) and what's more it would be the only case in the whole Bible where a woman's genealogy is mentioned.

Women were considered to be the property of their husbands and they assumed his genealogy upon marriage.

And since Joseph is not at all the father of Jesus his genealogy would not even matter either.

I think the genealogies were intended to lend "legal" support to the story of Jesus.
But Jesus doesn't even need such support.

That's why Paul warned the church twice :

1Ti 1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless GENEALOGIES, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

Tit 3:9 ¶ But avoid foolish questions, and GENEALOGIES, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

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