[the OlLine Rebel]

I am not, altho I wonder why the Bible's endless genealogies seem to focus on men w/occasional footnote mentions of the women (son of this, son of that, son of etc [brother to Ruth]), if it's "passed thru the mother"? Why so much emphasis on the males if that is the case?

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

I am not, altho I wonder why the Bible's endless genealogies seem to focus on men w/occasional footnote mentions of the women (son of this, son of that, son of etc [brother to Ruth]), if it's "passed thru the mother"? Why so much emphasis on the males if that is the case?

It is correct that the Bible emphasizes lineage through the father not the mother, a simple reading of Genesis clears this up. Somehow this was later changed because, and I'm guessing at this point, the best way to determine lineage was through the mother since that was a given.

In any case the point that Jesus' lineage though Mary can be ignored is not a good one, it is through Mary that Jesus had the Levitical priest line, while Joseph was the Kingship line.