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Essential to an understanding of the New Testament is a comprehension of the individuals, events, and social movements that shaped the setting from which Jesus and his followers emerged. Unfortunately, many accounts by historians can leave readers feeling overwhelmed and confused. New Testament History provides a worthy solution to this problem. A well-known expert on the social situation of the...

notable insertion of several women, and possibly some brothers, while at the same time lacking some names from the relevant Old Testament genealogies; (4) has an awkward circumlocution at the end of the genealogy reflecting Matthew’s belief in the virginal conception. By contrast, the Lukan genealogy (1) follows the baptism and introduces the ministry of Jesus, and thus is not really part of the birth narrative; (2) repeatedly uses “son of” without any verbs tracing the line backwards from Jesus
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