Re: [asa] Luke 3 Geneology of Jesus

Yea dont forget those scribes have been there since antiquity so there is no reason to doubt the truthfulness of the genealogies.

It could be as simple as, Luke just got it wrong. Just like Matthew did not understand that the word virgin was a mistranslation of the orginal Hebrew in the Septuagint version of Isaiah 7:14 and perpetuated the virgin birth myth. In both cases they were well meaning, they just did not know any better.

Merry Christmas!
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  From: Dick Fischer
  To: ASA
  Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 12:17 PM
  Subject: RE: [asa] Luke 3 Geneology of Jesus

  Hi David:

  Well first you have to assign some degree of credibility to the genealogies. Some feel the need to drive Adam back into antiquity and therefore need to discount the genealogies as a strict line of descent. Those who think Adam was some type of theological construct have to mediate Scripture to some degree so they can at least believe the parts dealing with Christ. Luke didn't need to interview a host of Jews to get his historical facts right. The genealogy of every Hebrew was in the temple at Jerusalem. Scribes carefully recorded every birth so they would know to which of the twelve tribes each person belonged. All Luke had to do was trot down to the temple and look up the records. He could have looked up the pedigree of anyone if he had any interest.

  As to the "special creation" of Adam, we have an example in Genesis One where God "created" the great sea creatures ("whales" in the KJV), although we pretty much know that the mode of creation was through the natural process of evolution from earlier creatures. This gives us a means to explain Adam's creation through the same mode and still stay roughly within the bounds of Scripture. I think the "special creation" of Adam could have been a de nouveau creation event as it would explain the longevity of the Adamites. Gradually dilution through intermarriage brought their life spans down to more normal proportions after Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

  Dick Fischer

  Dick Fischer, Genesis Proclaimed Association

  Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History

  www.genesisproclaimed.org

  -----Original Message-----
  From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On Behalf Of David Opderbeck
  Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 4:54 PM
  To: asA
  Subject: [asa] Luke 3 Geneology of Jesus

  Why doesn't the geneology in Luke 3, tracing Joseph back to Adam "the son of God," falsify any claim that (a) Adam wasn't a real person; and (b) Adam wasn't specially created by God?

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Received on Mon Dec 24 23:06:01 2007