From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!teklabs!mikec Newsgroups: net.religion Title: Genealogy Article-I.D.: teklabs.1823 Posted: Mon Mar 14 18:26:35 1983 Received: Fri Mar 18 02:03:27 1983 (Response to rocheste.924!FtG) Actually, the genealogy of Jesus is in far worse shape than that. For example : Matthew 1:16 "And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ." Luke 3:23 "And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli," Thus Joseph (the father of Jesus) appears to have two fathers. Furthermore : Matthew 2:1 "Now when Jesus was born ... in the days of Herod the king ..." Luke 2:2..11 "And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius (Quirinius) was governer of Syria. ... And Joseph ... with Mary ... being great with child ... which is Christ the Lord." The contradiction is that Herod died in 4 B.C. while the census of Quirinius occurred in 6 A.D. Moreover Matthew 1:6..7 claims that Jesus was a descendant of David's son Solomon while Luke 3:23..31 claims that Jesus was a descendant of David's son Nathan. Jesus is not mentioned outside of the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls showed that virtually all of the so called "wisdom" that Jesus supposedly preached was common knowledge centuries earlier. Biblical Scholars are not all convinced that Jesus even existed. Anyone interested in how poor and circumstantial the historical evidence for Jesus really is should consult the following books : Pagan Christs by J.M. Robertson 1967 University Books The Historical Evidence for Jesus by G.A. Wells 1982 Prometheus Books (the author is a New Testament Scholar) Micheal D. Cranford Tektronix Teklabs