[rollo tomasi]

...Jesus is descended from David....

Mary was, however, Christ existed Ad Infinitum before David.

Also, the genealogy does not mention Bathsheba by name, however, gives props to Uriah, which is an admonishment in and of itself to that whole episode (One should further humble David because the Word is everlasting).

[SteveH]

your opinion that it is an admonishment does not change the biblical fact that jesus was begotten through the wife of uriah, who was named bathsheba, who became the polygynous 7th wife of david. this is important and david’s union with bathsheba to produce jesus reflects the will of g*d, since otherwise, jesus would have been begotten via david and a different wife. iow the polygamous marriage of david with bathsheba reflects the will of g*d, the plan of g*d, etc. Y’all can be verklemmt about it if y’all wanna, and no one is forcing anyone else to refer to bathsheba by name, but i’m not sure there is anything more y’all can do about it than kvetch. and now i will resume being verklemmt too.

:)