Not true. In the Greek, the word for "cousins" is anepsios. The word for "brothers" is adelphos, the root word found in "Philadelphia" the "City of Brotherly Love." Guess which one the Gospel writers use.
It was not possible for Jesus to have brothers because Mary remained forever virgin.
It is impossible for Miryam to have remained forever virgin because Yeshua did indeed have brothers. Besides which, had she remained forever virgin, then she and Yoseph were in a sham marriage according to Biblical Hebraic thought (cf. Mat. 19:6).
The Hebrews saw nothing sinful or less worthy in being married and having a normal sex life--just the opposite, in fact. The whole concept of a perpetual virgin Mary is a clear-cut example of Platonic Greek thought being imposed on the Sacred Scriptures, not exegesis from the Scriptures.
"It is impossible for Miryam to have remained forever virgin because Yeshua did indeed have brothers. Besides which, had she remained forever virgin, then she and Yoseph were in a sham marriage according to Biblical Hebraic thought (cf. Mat. 19:6).
The Hebrews saw nothing sinful or less worthy in being married and having a normal sex life--just the opposite, in fact. The whole concept of a perpetual virgin Mary is a clear-cut example of Platonic Greek thought being imposed on the Sacred Scriptures, not exegesis from the Scriptures."
nice work. Doesn't this "Virgin" Mary stem from a mistranslation of ancient Hebrew texts...where the texts prophecied the Savior being born to a 'young woman' which got mistranslated into 'young virgin'?
My next question would be Why does Christianity need the Savior's mother to be perpetually virgin? Asking, NOT flaming. Educate me, rather than insult me!