Jesus' father: The quest for the historical Joseph

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dc.contributor.upauthor Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.)
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dc.date.issued 1998
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dc.description Paper presented at the annual meeting of the New Testament Society of South Africa, Pretoria,April 14~17, 1998. The paper is based on a reworked edition of a chapter (entitled 'The Joseph trajecory') in the author's coming book Fatherless in Galilee: The search for Jesus child of God. The article is dedicated to Eddie Engelbrecht, Professor Emeritus, Hervormde Teologiese Opleiding, Klipdrif, South Africa en_US
dc.description.abstract This article aims at demonstrating the historical probability that Joseph, the father of Jesus, should be regarded as a legendary figure. It seems that the Joseph figure is modelled after the patriarch in the First Testament. Here Joseph was exalted despite of slander. He married an 'impure' virgin. He became the adversary of Judah. His sons, born in Egypt, were seen as the forefathers of the illegitimate Samaritans. He was regarded as an ethical paradigm. He served as the ideal type for God's beloved child. The search for the historical Joseph leads to the conclusion that Jesus grew up fatherless . . This conclusion has enormous consequences for the quest for the historical Jesus. en_US
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dc.description.uri http://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1001341 en_US
dc.format.extent 19 pages en_US
dc.format.medium PDF en_US
dc.identifier.citation Van Aarde, AG 1998. 'Jesus' father : The quest for the historical Joseph', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 54, no. 1&2, pp. 315-333 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17747
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria en_US
dc.rights Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria en_US
dc.subject Historical Jesus en_US
dc.subject Joseph en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Jesus Christ -- Childhood
dc.subject.lcsh Jesus Christ -- Biography en
dc.title Jesus' father: The quest for the historical Joseph en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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