RS235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jesus Family, Israelites

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RS235
• Professor: Amanda Witmer

Document Summary

Lecture 5: jesus" birth; matthew"s account: begins with a genealogy. Begins with abraham and ended with joseph/ jesus. Joseph plays the main role in this account: mary has no dreams; the angel comes to joseph, there is an illusion to david. Includes 4 unusual women as well in genealogy. Rehab; a prostitute from jericho who protects the israelites spies: a canaanite and a gentile women. Ruth; a gentile women: has a book of ruth. Beth sheba; mother of solomon: david arranged to have her husband murdered so he could have her. The king (par excellance) who prefigures the messiah. Messiah is referred to son of david (in jewish circles) David"s numerical value with his letters makes up the letter 14. Moses: a former egyptian prince later turned prophet, religious leader and lawgiver responsible to getting the israelites out of egypt and away from the life of slavery. Magicians or more likely astrologers (stars figure prominently in story) (not kings)