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From: burt@sequent.uucp (Burton Keeble)
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Subject: Re: Jesus's lineage.
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Date: 17 Apr 91 04:26:43 GMT
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[This is part of a discussion about the accounts of Jesus' lineage in
Mat. and Lk, and why they differ.  A comment had been made about
the apparent division of Mat's into three sections of 14 generations,
--clh]

In Asimov's Guide To The Bible, there is some discussion of the division of
the generations, and Matthew's rationale in doing so.  I found it interesting.
P773-778 (Hardback 1981 edition).

.........."No, the best that can be done is to statae that, on the face of it,
there are 14 generations from Abraham to David, 18 from David to the Exile,
and 13 from the Exile to Jesus.  Fortunately, though, Matthew's little game
with numbers is not really of importance and it isn't paid much mind, except
as an interesting quirk in Matthew's system of thought."

-burt