Why NOT Christ Lineage through Joesph's boodline, Instead of Judah's

Excuse me? How does that follow? Even if Matthew knew everything there was to know about Greek, his translation from the Hebrew could still be utterly inaccurate.(I'm also curious as to how you think quoting Matthew - in English - supports your point. The English translation from the Greek could also be utterly inaccurate.)

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That's exactly what I'm asking you. Why should we "take it for granted" that Matthew's Hebrew-to-Greek translation was accurate? Why should we "take it for granted" that the Greek-to-English translations are accurate?I replied to your Message 152, in which you replied to Message 151. That message points out that the English word "virgin" is not an accurate translation of the Hebrew word "almah". Somewhere along the line, Hebrew-to-Greek or Greek-to-English, an error did occur. Around here, you'll find that the conversation more often hinges on what we don't agree on. If we took such things for granted, there wouldn't be any basis for conversation.(By the way, this is getting rather far away from the topic of Jesus' lineage.)

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What "original text" would that be? Do we have the "original text" in the prophet's own handwriting? Or do we have just copies of copies of copies? Every time it was copied there was another chance of error creeping in.Where do you suppose the almah/virgin error arose? Hebrew-to-Hebrew copying? Hebrew-to-Greek translation? Greek-to-Greek copying? Greek-to-English translation?

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I didn't say the texts can't tell us anything. I said we can't assume a priori that Matthew knew what he was talking about. We have to compare what Matthew said with everything else we know to make an informed decision. To correct your misconceptions. Now, can we get to Jesus' lineage?

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I'm not blaming you. I'm just trying to remind you that the topic of this thread is Jesus' lineage, not His mother's supposed virginity or the general accuracy of the gospels. If you want to talk about a different topic, find an existing one or start your own. Ah, but it is. I can leave no misconception un-shot-at.

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No worries. My friend arachnophilia (among others) makes sure I don't get over-inflated.

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