Thanks for this illuminating post. I wholeheartedly agree with Janet's comment: Substack has opened up a rich universe of theologians, experts, and faithful Christians. I'm deeply grateful for not being a sole reader in the wilderness. Your book "Strange Religion" (which I discovered through a glowing Plough review, and I discovered this magazine through a card dropped into a used copy of Rilke's poetry) was my gateway into this universe.
Two questions, if I may: Where can we find "typical" or "expected" genealogies to compare with Matthew's account of Jesus?
And being bold after my first comment… I've been seriously considering Northern Seminary. Despite coming from a different professional and academic background, I find myself drawn to several of their programs. If you could sometime write a post that can give us a sense of what makes these programs distinctive and what paths they open up, that would be incredibly helpful. Thank you again!
Hi Frederico. Great comment, and great questions! I'm sure Nijay would have a more robust answer, but the first genealogy examples I can think of can be found in the Old Testament. The first few chapters of 1 Chronicles, for instance. I believe there are others elsewhere, like Genesis and Kings, but I can't remember exactly where off the top of my head; I'd have to do more googling! But I hope that helps in the meantime 😊
Thank you, Shonda! This is a great reply to get me started. When I read descriptions of domestic life in the NT epistles, the NIV Cultural Backgrounds Bible offered insightful comparisons of Greek and Roman "household codes" that help bring the household codes from the NT epistles to life. What you have said here helps put NT and OT genealogies side by side. Thanks again!
Nijay. Thank you for this, for us everyday readers. The main reason I came to Substack was to connect and learn from biblical scholars and teachers of scripture. I wanted to learn different perspectives. I so want to dig deeper but at times I feel so inadequate in my simple understanding. I loved this simple teaching. It’s so comforting to know that God uses so many different kinds of “messy” ordinary people.
Thanks for this illuminating post. I wholeheartedly agree with Janet's comment: Substack has opened up a rich universe of theologians, experts, and faithful Christians. I'm deeply grateful for not being a sole reader in the wilderness. Your book "Strange Religion" (which I discovered through a glowing Plough review, and I discovered this magazine through a card dropped into a used copy of Rilke's poetry) was my gateway into this universe.
Two questions, if I may: Where can we find "typical" or "expected" genealogies to compare with Matthew's account of Jesus?
And being bold after my first comment… I've been seriously considering Northern Seminary. Despite coming from a different professional and academic background, I find myself drawn to several of their programs. If you could sometime write a post that can give us a sense of what makes these programs distinctive and what paths they open up, that would be incredibly helpful. Thank you again!
Hi Frederico. Great comment, and great questions! I'm sure Nijay would have a more robust answer, but the first genealogy examples I can think of can be found in the Old Testament. The first few chapters of 1 Chronicles, for instance. I believe there are others elsewhere, like Genesis and Kings, but I can't remember exactly where off the top of my head; I'd have to do more googling! But I hope that helps in the meantime 😊
Thank you, Shonda! This is a great reply to get me started. When I read descriptions of domestic life in the NT epistles, the NIV Cultural Backgrounds Bible offered insightful comparisons of Greek and Roman "household codes" that help bring the household codes from the NT epistles to life. What you have said here helps put NT and OT genealogies side by side. Thanks again!
Check out the first section of Life of Flavius Josephus: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/josephus/autobiog.html
Nijay. Thank you for this, for us everyday readers. The main reason I came to Substack was to connect and learn from biblical scholars and teachers of scripture. I wanted to learn different perspectives. I so want to dig deeper but at times I feel so inadequate in my simple understanding. I loved this simple teaching. It’s so comforting to know that God uses so many different kinds of “messy” ordinary people.
Thanks! I love studying and teaching Scripture for our formation and encouragement, so I appreciate readers like you, Janet!