[B-Greek] Luke genealogy (Luke 3)

nicholas runecrow runecrow at hotmail.com
Mon Jan 1 16:35:40 EST 2007


Thank you for replying to my question concerning Luke 3. George Somsel said:

"Traditional view:

A -----> B -------> C ------> D

What I understand you to be saying:

A -----> B
A -----> C
A -----> D

In either case A ends up being a lineal descendant of D."

While it is true that A ends up with the same status; is that also 
necessarily true of B, C and D? This question has arisen over a discussion 
of the phrase "son of God", and to whom it applies. Coming to Luke 3, this 
"son of God" is applied to Adam in most translations. But the contention is 
this:

If one follows the progression "A -----> B -------> C ------> D" then the 
conclusion becomes "Seth, the son of Adam; Adam, the son of God". If one 
follows the progression "A -----> B; A -----> C; A -----> D" then the 
conclusion becomes "Jesus, the son of Adam; Jesus, the son of God".

What is being discussed is, to whom does the phrase "the son of God" refer; 
and if the language and grammar itself would provide any disambiguity (if 
such actually exists).

Thank you for your time,
Nicholas Plant.

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