[Mrs. Don-o]

Joseph was a tekton (Gr.)

I’ve seen various explanations for what that means, but the bottom line seems to be a man who didn’t have any land of his own -— at a time and place when land-owning was the basis of all wealth-— and lived by his labor in a town so small and poor, it wasn’t even reachable by a Roman road until the following century.

So it’s not like he was a bigtime artisan doing fine craftsmanship for wealthy Roman patrons.

It’s more like he was a guy with small-time woodworking shop, making doors, donkey-carts, and yokes for oxen.

This would explain why they gave the poor peoples’ offering at the temple -— a pair of turtledoves-— instead of a middle-class lamb.

[Robe]

I can go along with that...
As an aside this is why I love FR ,I learn everyday..
thank you for sharing your knowledge

[Nea Wood]

Interesting. Thanks for that; I never knew that.