tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post5628502640479128710..comments2024-03-19T00:26:30.753-07:00Comments on The Jesus Blog: Question: What Happened to Joseph? - Le DonneAnthony Le Donnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-33263485961315203422013-01-19T05:38:36.117-08:002013-01-19T05:38:36.117-08:00Could be!
Slightly more likely than the bus drive...Could be!<br /><br />Slightly more likely than the bus driver theory, though, would be that Matthew couldn't find Jesus' birth records down at the courthouse, so he had to fill in the gaps. We have a new Moses here, right down to the slaughter of the innocents (cf Josephus' Antiquities) and the sojourn in Egypt, so Miriam and Joseph are symbolically rich names to give his parents. All that Jewish hoopla about the Messiah ben Joseph might tie in somehow as well.Paul D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483419817200339955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-48444498960798708172013-01-18T12:53:46.781-08:002013-01-18T12:53:46.781-08:00If Jesus' brothers really did come looking to ...If Jesus' brothers really did come looking to take Him home (kidnap?) because they thought He was crazy (Mark 3:21), it suggests a very dysfunctional family. It further suggests that either they did not believe Mary's account of Jesus' arrival or Mary did not share the story with them. It seems that if Joseph was around when the boys were growing up he would have partnered with Mary (thus two witnesses) to inculcate the kids with the understanding of who their eldest (half)brother was.arvoplhttp://facebook.com/arvoplnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-71040160269595229532013-01-18T01:52:16.865-08:002013-01-18T01:52:16.865-08:00Bauckham's chapter on Jesus' family in Jes...Bauckham's chapter on Jesus' family in Jesus among Friends and Enemies gives lots of information on Joseph and treats the Patristic sources. If I remember right, he goes with the view that Joseph was older when he married Mary and likely died long before Jesus' public ministry.Chris Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12007521996155910288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-73414403924699226822013-01-17T18:15:02.479-08:002013-01-17T18:15:02.479-08:00Perhaps "Joseph" was the name of the bus...Perhaps "Joseph" was the name of the bus driver who drove Jesus from the Pearly Gates to Galilee.Anthony Le Donnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-71233055446672600262013-01-17T17:22:22.487-08:002013-01-17T17:22:22.487-08:00What about the early view (cf. Tertullian, "A...What about the early view (cf. Tertullian, "Against Marcion") that Jesus descended straight from Heaven to Galilee?Paul D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483419817200339955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-60171719502309785292013-01-17T12:21:53.981-08:002013-01-17T12:21:53.981-08:00classic dead-beat dad.classic dead-beat dad.Anthony Le Donnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-37628723370926811222013-01-17T12:21:07.707-08:002013-01-17T12:21:07.707-08:00Haven't read it, but have a look for yourself:...Haven't read it, but have a look for yourself: http://books.google.com/books/about/Fatherless_in_Galilee.html?id=-5X1F0KWeAsC<br />Pp. 115ff look promising.apenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-40937040902029484242013-01-17T12:13:53.777-08:002013-01-17T12:13:53.777-08:00he died before jesus was crucified. that's th...he died before jesus was crucified. that's the standard view of the reformersJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16698562143972216357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-5049614392386373672013-01-17T12:02:28.096-08:002013-01-17T12:02:28.096-08:00does he do much with patristic literature?does he do much with patristic literature?Anthony Le Donnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-91031863112633601602013-01-17T11:53:56.128-08:002013-01-17T11:53:56.128-08:00It's been a while since my first year of semin...It's been a while since my first year of seminary, but I remember Andries Van Aarde's book, "Fatherless in Galilee," tackling this question well.Joshua Paul Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03970879028978093230noreply@blogger.com