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CTD003
Does Jesus descend from Solomon or Nathan?
The article discusses the divergence between Jesus' genealogies in the Gospels, asking whether he descends from Solomon or Nathan. By analysing the historical contexts and various hypotheses, it concludes that this difference is not a significant contradiction but a complex question concerning biblical genealogies.
Deuteronomy 25.5-6 (King James Version) :If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.Noteher husband’s…: or, her next kinsmanNotebrother’s: or, next kinsman’sAnd it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.King James Version (1769), domaine public — texte : eBible.org -
CTD004
Who is Shealtiel's father?
This article examines the alleged contradiction in the Gospels concerning Shealtiel's father. It proposes understanding the genealogical discrepancy as a difference in the ways kinship was established in biblical times, rather than as a contradiction.
Matthew 1.12 (King James Version) :And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;King James Version (1769), domaine public — texte : eBible.org