About Jesus and his mother

[TimothyH]

Six year old thread.

 

[JB_Brother_4446]

One last arguement I have heard of is that Matthew was originally written in Aramaic (very similar to Hebrew), and like Hebrew does not distinguish between brothers and cousins, and even if this wasn’t the case, the use of the word “brother” is a Hebraism. The idea is that Matthew was written primarily for Jewish converts, and so spoke in a way that they would understand. I don’t think this holds up because the parallel passage in Mark (6:3) also reads “brothers” and “sisters”, and I have heard no arguement about Mark being written in Aramaic or for Jewish converts.

If you look closely at Matthew, he emphasizes the Jewishness of Jesus in his gospel. Mark, on the other hand, is writing to a persecuted community in Rome and seems to draw many details from Matthew and Luke.

 

[patrick457]

To, JB Brother 4446

I noticed you have a penchant for posting on old threads. I’d just advise you to refrain from doing that whenever possible, especially if the thread is more than a year old. If you have anything, please start a new thread on the topic.

 

[JB_Brother_4446]

Sorry about that

 

[ericc]

To, JB Brother 4446

I noticed you have a penchant for posting on old threads. I’d just advise you to refrain from doing that whenever possible, especially if the thread is more than a year old. If you have anything, please start a new thread on the topic.

Couldn’t old threads be automatically locked after x months of dormancy? Should be a rather easy feature to implement.

 

[dje14338]

Why is it that some passages in the bible talk about Jesus having brothers and sisters (Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us?" (Matthew 13.54-56)), yet the Catholic Church says he did not? I have read arguments that the Jewish family structure did not have an official name for siblings, but that sounds strange to me. Why wouldn’t they, when having siblings in a family would be considered basic in any culture?

The confusion comes about because the names Miriam and Maria both translate as Mary. Miriam was Jesus’ mother’s name in the original language. Maria was the name of Jesus’ aunt who was married to Joseph’s brother. Another problem [which can’t be solved] is how old Jesus was when Joseph died. If he was still a teenager, then Jewish law would make his uncle his legal guardian. Jesus would also have gone to live with his uncle.

 

[TimothyH]

Six year old thread.

Some of the people on the thread are banned and some don’t even post any more.

Start a new thread.