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From: Gordon Plumb
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 8:41 AM
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Subject: [M-R] St Joseph, husband of the BVM
medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
19th March was the feast of Joseph, but there is now also the feast of St
Joseph the Worker on May 1st:
Some random thoughts -
"Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and
Joses, and of Jude, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?" (NT
Mark 6.3) [And typical that the girls are not named!!]
At what point did the understanding of Joseph of Nazareth change from being
a (presumed) widower with at least six children to whom Our Lady was
step-mother, to being a "pure" spouse with his children actually being
interpreted as nephews and nieces?
I am discounting the (Protestant ?) theory that the above brood of
half-a-dozen were Mary's subsequent children.
It is an interesting number of Joseph's children 4 boys and at least 2
girls.
("Blessed is he that hath his quiver full of them." ie children. (Psalm
127.5) IIRC the classic Israelite quiver held six arrows.)
I know that La Sainte Paternite is a minefield!! (But I like kicking a few
mines!)
Brenda M. Cook
Independent Scholar
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