I blame Maury Povich for this post
Jul. 7th, 2011 10:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
csberryThe Old Testament talks about a new king coming from the house of David and/or a descendant of David. Matthew starts his gospel listing the genealogical lineage from Adam through David to Joseph.
HOWEVER, since God put Jesus in Mary's womb with no involvement from Joseph, can Jesus actually claim to be a descendant of King David? If we are strictly following the male biological lineage, Jesus is as much of a great-great-etc-grandson of David as Moses is a child of the Egyptian pharaohs.
But maybe Matthew is following the wrong path. I wonder what Mary's lineage is. Could she possibly be a descendant of David's and the justification for Jesus's connection to David that was previously unknown because of patriarchy?
HOWEVER, since God put Jesus in Mary's womb with no involvement from Joseph, can Jesus actually claim to be a descendant of King David? If we are strictly following the male biological lineage, Jesus is as much of a great-great-etc-grandson of David as Moses is a child of the Egyptian pharaohs.
But maybe Matthew is following the wrong path. I wonder what Mary's lineage is. Could she possibly be a descendant of David's and the justification for Jesus's connection to David that was previously unknown because of patriarchy?
