tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post4075732978251474393..comments2024-03-28T17:35:04.736+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: LineagesKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-78678158514677994912016-06-12T21:18:05.188+01:002016-06-12T21:18:05.188+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Good points! Another suggestion I'...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Good points! Another suggestion I've seen is that Matthew's genealogy gives us St. Joseph's LEGAL line of descent while St. Luke's genealogy gives us Joseph's actual line of descent.<br /><br />Fr. Raymond Brown, SS, in his commentary on the Infancy narratives, THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH, gives us detailed commentaries on the genealogies. But it's been a long time since I read that book.<br /><br />Sean<br />Sean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-59281461040463647712016-06-12T19:28:34.234+01:002016-06-12T19:28:34.234+01:00Sean,
I thought that about Matthew and Luke. Howev...Sean,<br />I thought that about Matthew and Luke. However, Matthew, starting from Abraham and moving forward in time, reaches "...Joseph, who married Mary..." (Mt. 1.16); Luke, moving backward in time, starts from Joseph (Lk.3.23). So they both trace Jesus' ancestry back through Joseph. I am having to quote my Good News because my RSV has disintegrated.<br />Paul.Paul Shackleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180596532266581425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-7969760221887550382016-06-12T19:04:22.381+01:002016-06-12T19:04:22.381+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Thanks for the nice mentions of me! ...Kaor, Paul! <br /><br />Thanks for the nice mentions of me! I don't object to fans of an author's books finding connections, allusions, echos, etc., between or among them. I have done that myself! I argue for the prudential need to avoid insisting too strongly on such connections when their author plainly meant them to be independent works.<br /><br />I have heard of the implausible Biblical and Classical lines of descent earlier British sovereigns used to make. More prosaically, I think the earliest person Her Majesty can reliably trace her lineage to is to King Egbert of Wessex.<br /><br />As for the genealogies given our Lord in Matthew and Luke Gospels, I have seen suggestions that the former gives us St. Joseph's patriline while the latter gives us the Blessed Virgin's line of descent. But, I know the problem of the genealogies and making historical and theological sense of them is a knotty one!<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com