How do you know that she and Joseph had other children? There is an old tradition, iaud out in a 2nd Century writing called "The protogospel of St, James" which has it that James and the other brothers were the children of Joseph, but not of Mary.
37 posted on 12/26/2005 6:39:01 PM PST by RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
James and the other brothers were the children of Joseph, but not of Mary. Well they could have been half brothers through different mothers, polygamy wasn't outlawed by judaism until several hundred years ago.
55 posted on 12/27/2005 6:06:12 AM PST by x_plus_one