Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him.
Would it be more appropriate for a redactor to remove a character than it would be to insert that character into the narrative?
Joseph is never mentioned once in Mark, but the same gospel does call Jesus a carpenter with brothers and sisters; while Matthew seems to answer this by having Joseph a carpenter. The rabbis of the Mishna put forward the same charge against Mary that Matthew says Joseph did, that of adultery.
Could this explain Jesus's own hostility toward Mary in John? ("And when the wine failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. And Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.") The historical Jesus (for the rabbis, Jesus ben Stada) had a resentment towards his mother for seemingly robbing him of his birthright by being child of Pandera? Could this also be an explanation of how the idea of "another Christ from another God" began? with ben Stada, unable to fulfill the messianic prophecy of the Son of David, set out to fulfill the purpose of another god.
Idle thoughts I had at work last night.
Statistics: Posted by Joseph D. L. — Thu May 02, 2024 1:11 am