06-08-2004, 01:30 PM
Quote:how would we be able to be sure that anyone today would have lineage from Jesse? Are lineages even kept anymore?I believe one of the major "spell everything out for us" expectations of modern Orthodox Jews is that he will reveal his genealogy and the genealogy of Priests, Levites, and those from the 10 tribes. How they would go about checking its validity is beyond me. <!-- s:lookround: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/lookround.gif" alt=":lookround:" title="Look Round" /><!-- s:lookround: -->
(Btw if you wanna see a very funny website on this check out <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.kingmessiah.com;">http://www.kingmessiah.com;</a><!-- w --> the official japanese-looking website of the misguided followers of the Lubavitcher Rebbe)
I think it's possible to a vague extant to trace back genealogies using last names (ie. Cohen, Levi), but not to the extent that would be required for an impeccable tree.