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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Although much of this has been aired and more or less settled, I thought I'd send along Bill's in-put especially for those who miss his words of wisdom and erudition on this list. MG > >There is certainly a tradition that Mary, as well > as Joseph, was > >descended from David, but it is not based on any > information in the New > >Testament. The two genealogies, in Matthew and > Luke, set out to show > >that Joseph was the descendant of David. They also > deny that Joseph > >was the biological father of Jesus, but biological > parenthood was not > >the main issue. As Plummer says in the > International Critical > >Commentary on Luke (available in the theology > section of any good > >library), "In the eyes of the law Jesus was the > heir of Joseph; and > >therefore it is Joseph's descent which is of > importance." His whole > >discussion of Luke's genealogy (pages 101-105) is > of interest. > > > >With good wishes, > > > >Bill. > > > >____________________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at > http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > >or your free @yahoo.ie address at > http://mail.yahoo.ie > > _________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html