This paper will examine Jesus’ genealogies in Matthew and Luke from the perspective of a transrac... more This paper will examine Jesus’ genealogies in Matthew and Luke from the perspective of a transracially adopted bi-racial person. It will argue that the two genealogies refer to two different people and that the identities of the two children are transculturally significant. This paper will also be concerned with knowledge and what we allow in respect of gathering information of the kind that situates us in the world so that we achieve our own perspective upon it and upon our existence. The perspective adopted here will presume a reincarnational anthropology that contextualizes the significance of bloodline and biological inheritance. Jesus Christ will be shown to be a complicated person from the perspective of his origins and to have an identity not defined from bloodline.
This paper looks at Luke 1:13-17 and will pay special attention to vs. 17c,d. The context for t... more This paper looks at Luke 1:13-17 and will pay special attention to vs. 17c,d. The context for the purposes of practical theology involves family formation either through adoptions where the natural parents are unknown or the records identifying them are sealed or were anonymous gamete donors.1 I will examine this passage in light of various commentaries and translations. I find a set of bookends in the theme of both understanding and parent/child in Luke/Acts in respect of 1:17c,d and Acts 28:25-28; and inquire about nature of the need implied by 17c as to why the hearts of parents should turn to their children. The question of lineage is addressed in literal, bloodline, and non-literal senses by Luke. In respect of preserving childhood history Luke is not prescriptive, though it is presumed.
This paper will examine Jesus’ genealogies in Matthew and Luke from the perspective of a transrac... more This paper will examine Jesus’ genealogies in Matthew and Luke from the perspective of a transracially adopted bi-racial person. It will argue that the two genealogies refer to two different people and that the identities of the two children are transculturally significant. This paper will also be concerned with knowledge and what we allow in respect of gathering information of the kind that situates us in the world so that we achieve our own perspective upon it and upon our existence. The perspective adopted here will presume a reincarnational anthropology that contextualizes the significance of bloodline and biological inheritance. Jesus Christ will be shown to be a complicated person from the perspective of his origins and to have an identity not defined from bloodline.
This paper looks at Luke 1:13-17 and will pay special attention to vs. 17c,d. The context for t... more This paper looks at Luke 1:13-17 and will pay special attention to vs. 17c,d. The context for the purposes of practical theology involves family formation either through adoptions where the natural parents are unknown or the records identifying them are sealed or were anonymous gamete donors.1 I will examine this passage in light of various commentaries and translations. I find a set of bookends in the theme of both understanding and parent/child in Luke/Acts in respect of 1:17c,d and Acts 28:25-28; and inquire about nature of the need implied by 17c as to why the hearts of parents should turn to their children. The question of lineage is addressed in literal, bloodline, and non-literal senses by Luke. In respect of preserving childhood history Luke is not prescriptive, though it is presumed.
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