it addresses the argument, and quite well. Jews consider their genealogy to be of the utmost importance, and records were, and are, kept. When Jesus made his claim, it would have been an easy thing for them to corroborate. It was common for them to be able to trace their lines back to Adam. Read the Books of Chronicles if you don't believe me.
> records were, and are, kept
I see. Are there extant records from 4 BC to, say, 35 AD? You'd think people would tout them.
> When Jesus made his claim, it would have been an easy thing for them to corroborate.
Would it, now? Assume, for the sake of arguement, the Jesus eithjer did not exist, or did not exist as he is now thought to have. When would his claim of geneology thus have been made public?
And also: assume for the sake of arguement that Jesus did make such a claim at that time. Further assume that corroboration or denial was done. Where are those records of that corroboration? What are the chances that a denial would now exist? Look what happened to early Christian heretics. They were nearly erased from history. If there was a report of an official denouncement... what would have happened to it?