• afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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      https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke 2%3A41-52&version=GW

      Is Joseph the daddy or not? I recommend the book Misquoting Jesus. He does a pretty decent job showing that the Bible editors tried to shift references to Joseph being the biological parents to being the stepfather. Which indicates strongly that the Q document didn’t have that idea. It was an invention by the author of Matthew that the author of Luke and Acts liked.

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          Odd. Alright Luke 2:41-52. Watch how Mary talks about Joseph as his father.

          As I said very likely Q had the story without the son of god being a literal son (Aramaic the same word for son is follower) and Roman legends of children of gods were pressed into place.

          The Bible is a very very human book. It contradicts itself and earlier versions of itself because people argue.