To: kosta50; count-your-change
I am not all that confident in your knowledge of ancient historic Jewish inheritance laws, sorry. The genealogies that are quite prevalent in the OT - some people jokingly say that's all the OT has is the “begats” - sure sound like they are important. That they are included for Jesus, and no one else in the NT, sure imply they are important, too. They are not included just for grins, I am sure. Jesus had legal and genetic rights to the throne of David. That is why they were included.
2,344 posted on
06/30/2010 6:40:07 PM PDT by
boatbums
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To: boatbums
I am not all that confident in your knowledge of ancient historic Jewish inheritance laws, sorry It's public knowledge. You are more than welcom to do your own research, but the New testament is not an authority on Jewish law. Jewish Encyclopedia is a good start.
That they are included for Jesus, and no one else in the NT, sure imply they are important, too
Sure they are. They were included to convince the Greeks, who knew nothing of Jewish laws.
You are forgetitng (or neglecting) that the New Testament was written for Greeks, not Jews. Those who knew Jewish custom and law (the Jews), rejected the whole Christian idea because it is as un-Jewish as Mormonism is un-Christian.
2,346 posted on
06/30/2010 7:56:14 PM PDT by
kosta50
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