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From: bill@utastro.UUCP (William H. Jefferys)
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Subject: Re: About Literalism: in what sense is Jesus son of David
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Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 08:30:08 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 29 08:30:08 1985
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>   One of the criteria for being the Messiah is that the Messiah has to be a
> decendant of David.  Therefore it's important to establish the geneology of
> Jesus to determine whether Jesus was or was not a descendant of David.
> 
>   The only reason I've been able to come up with for having both the lineage of
> Joseph *and* Mary recorded is to simply show that no matter which side of the
> parents you chose to establish ancestry Jesus' father and mother both qualify
> as decendants of David.

But the genealogies are both of *Joseph*.  That's the point.  There is
no scriptural authority to ascribe one of them to Mary.

-- 
"Men never do evil so cheerfully and so completely as when they do so from
	religious conviction."  -- Blaise Pascal

	Bill Jefferys  8-%
	Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712   (USnail)
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