The reason that Joseph’s lineage was important was because of prophecies that Jesus would be in the lineage of David. You counted that lineage through your father’s side, even if the father was your adopted father. Things like which tribe you belonged to, etc were based on your father. You grew up in his tent, no matter whether adopted or not. Matthew was writing to jews, he assumed the reader knew many things about jewish customs & worship. Luke in contrast wrote to new Christians (he says so)
Although the Septuagint was widely used, I don’t know any scholar who thinks Paul the Apostle, who studied with Gamaliel, couldn’t read Hebrew. He obviously could. While all of the NT was written in Koine Greek, as that was the written language of the Roman Empire, when people in Palestine spoke it was Aramaic. The gospel of Mark translates some Aramaic words for his Greek readers. Matthew might have been written in Hebrew or Greek, but no scholar doubts Mark, Luke and John weren’t in Greek.
Influencial in a time of dispute between eastern and western churches, and a gnostic uprising, Irenaeus of Lyons served as a link that held christianity together, and controlled the growth of gnosticism. According to Irenaeus ... […]
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It is quite easy for folks to read misread a post with which they disagree. It seems that happens quite often. Marv gets it, however. Ladies and gentle... […]
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No, you do not pronounce the “g” in gnosticism - mainly because, well try it, you know that can't be right. Gnosticism is a fancy word for a style of religion – a style with which you might be familiar from The Matrix. In The Matrix ... […]
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Is the “I Thirst” in reference to a future date when the Age of Pisces will eventually die and Age of Aquarius(water) is born?
None of the gospels give Jesus last words. You are reading that into the text when it isn’t there.
The reason that Joseph’s lineage was important was because of prophecies that Jesus would be in the lineage of David. You counted that lineage through your father’s side, even if the father was your adopted father. Things like which tribe you belonged to, etc were based on your father. You grew up in his tent, no matter whether adopted or not. Matthew was writing to jews, he assumed the reader knew many things about jewish customs & worship. Luke in contrast wrote to new Christians (he says so)
Although the Septuagint was widely used, I don’t know any scholar who thinks Paul the Apostle, who studied with Gamaliel, couldn’t read Hebrew. He obviously could. While all of the NT was written in Koine Greek, as that was the written language of the Roman Empire, when people in Palestine spoke it was Aramaic. The gospel of Mark translates some Aramaic words for his Greek readers. Matthew might have been written in Hebrew or Greek, but no scholar doubts Mark, Luke and John weren’t in Greek.