Why Are Four Women Mentioned in the Genealogy of Matthew 1?
Keywords
New Testament genealogy, Gospel introduction, genealogical significance
Abstract
Why Does the New Testament Start with a Genealogy?
As we begin the New Testament study year, most of us will open to the beginning of the New Testament and be confronted with a lengthy genealogical list. I don’t know about you, but for all the people that I know who love doing genealogical work, when I ask them what their favorite things to read are, genealogical lists are not in their top 10. Go figure!
So if God wanted to start off His Gospel record in a gripping way, a grab-you-by-the-collar-I-can’t-put-this-book-down! kind of way, why start with genealogy that most people skip over?
Original Publication Citation
Why Are Four Women Mentioned in the Genealogy of Matthew 1?, January 10, 2019. (Republished on LDS Living on January 10, 2019. #4 article on LDS Living.)
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Halverson, Taylor, "Why Are Four Women Mentioned in the Genealogy of Matthew 1?" (2019). Faculty Publications. 10039.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/10039
Document Type
Other
Publication Date
2019
Language
English
College
Marriott School of Business
Department
Marketing
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