A useless genealogy

errancy@infidels.org errancy@infidels.org
Sat, 8 May 1999 02:42:02 EDT (00926163722, 1c64d052.246536ba@aol.com) 

In a message dated 99-05-08 02:23:48 EDT, you write:

<< Ray
 I agree with the point that a geneology of Joseph was useless because Jesus
 was not of his seed. Matthew certainly thought Jesus was the messiah
 though. I think Helms was here just trying to show the mind of Matthew
 being tied to the fulfillment of prophesy, even though Helms thinks Matthew
 must have realized a seed based geneology was meaningless. You point out
 that Matthew skipped some generations but that supports the idea that he
 was tied to this numerology bit. Biblical authors loved magical number
 combinations. It is also possible that Helms gives Matthew too much credit
 in saying he must have realized a geneology of Joseph was stupid. Maybe
 Matthew just wanted it both ways; seed of David and virgin birth. It just
 seems to me your argument is really with Matthew rather than Joe or Randel
 Helms.
  >>
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Joe Alward:

That's an outstanding summary, Ray, especially ". . .Matthew skipped some 
generations but that supports the idea that he was tied to this numerology 
bit."