I haven't gotten around to read this thread, but in the meantime this response to your deleted post over in the Isaiah 7 thread:
quote: Sideline:
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I am curoius as to how vital the prophesy concerning jesus as having descended from david in a direct blood line was since that was not fulfilled.
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Buzz response:
Check out the following link on the two geneologies of Jesus and Mary. I pretty much agree with it except that it may be possible that the "Joseph" at the end of Mary's geneology could mean that her father's name may have also been Joseph and it ended with him as women were not generally included in geneology lists in the Bible.
http://www.carm.org/questions/2geneologies.htm