genealogy, Mary the rightful king?

[Craig]

Oh craig,.......

drmlanc wrote:
Okay, so perhaps Mary and Joseph shared lineages through Zerubabel. But, who was the rightful king? Joseph, or "Mary"?


Yosip. If he was not, then why bother to record a genealogy for him at all?
Shlama, Craig

I don't see your point? My position the whole time has been that Mattai is the genealogy of Maryam (for genetic descent only), and that it was through Yosip that Y'shu inherited his claim to the throne in Luqa. I don't see any problems with my statement you quoted and the newer one in this thread below:

"Yes. But for various subtle and logical reasons we have to assume it came through Yosip. There are big problems with kingship passing through a female, because if Maryam had any younger brothers then they would inherit not Y'shu through her, or if her father had died before Y'shu was born or even old enough to reign then any surviving uncles or male cousins would be an issue. "

As I said in the above there are "various subtle and logical reasons we have to assume it came through Yosip." And, one of the biggest reasons is because it makes a genealogy for Yosip (much less two) seem rather pointless. And, if we ignore that and press on with a "Maryam as rightful king" theory then there is still the problem that we don't know if she had any brothers or any uncles or any male cousins who could inherit before her.

Shlama, Craig