The Genealogy of Jesus

[Michie]

The Gospel of Matthew begins with the well-known description of the genealogy of Jesus Christ. St. Matthew emphasized to his largely Jewish audience the real and deep connection of Jesus with the Hebrew people, showing that He was indeed the son of David. This connection became important not only for Jewish readers, but for all those who sought to understand whether Christ was truly the Messiah promised by the Hebrew prophets.

Through the centuries, the Church deepened her understanding of the people and events of the Old Testament. The fathers of the Church came to see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and many others as having a special role as forerunners of Christ. These figures of the Hebrew Scriptures imaged Him in a dim way, preparing the world for His future coming. They played a vital part in the history of salvation and in God’s unfolding revelation of Himself to mankind.

The Jesse Tree seeks to present visually that important family history of our Savior—a family history that in Christ becomes the history of our salvation. The tradition of tracing Christ’s genealogy in this way dates from medieval times—an eleventh century illuminated manuscript contains a depiction of the Jesse Tree, and the twelfth century Chartres Cathedral boasts a Jesse Tree stained glass window. The name for this visual depiction of Christ’s heritage arises from the passage in Isaiah that proclaims, There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.

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The Genealogy of Jesus

 

[Lulav]

Never heard of this before, good read, thank you.

 

[Michie]

The Gospel of Matthew begins with the well-known description of the genealogy of Jesus Christ. St. Matthew emphasized to his largely Jewish audience the real and deep connection of Jesus with the Hebrew people, showing that He was indeed the son of David. This connection became important not only for Jewish readers, but for all those who sought to understand whether Christ was truly the Messiah promised by the Hebrew prophets.

Through the centuries, the Church deepened her understanding of the people and events of the Old Testament. The fathers of the Church came to see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and many others as having a special role as forerunners of Christ. These figures of the Hebrew Scriptures imaged Him in a dim way, preparing the world for His future coming. They played a vital part in the history of salvation and in God’s unfolding revelation of Himself to mankind.

The Jesse Tree seeks to present visually that important family history of our Savior—a family history that in Christ becomes the history of our salvation. The tradition of tracing Christ’s genealogy in this way dates from medieval times—an eleventh century illuminated manuscript contains a depiction of the Jesse Tree, and the twelfth century Chartres Cathedral boasts a Jesse Tree stained glass window. The name for this visual depiction of Christ’s heritage arises from the passage in Isaiah that proclaims, There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.

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The Genealogy of Jesus

You are very welcome.

 

[Chesster]

As an added view, I scanned this pic from Lapide's commentary which I thought might be of interest.

 

[AbbaLove]

That's assuming Joseph died and either Joseph's brother Cleophas or Alphaeus then married Miriam (Levirate Marriage). Meaning that Miriam's sons where not fathered by Joseph, but rather by his brother.

That sounds like a RCC doctrine to support the belief that Miriam remained a virgin while married to Joseph. It's generally believed by Protestants that the sons were birthed by Miriam with Joseph being their father.

Was it the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus that first recorded what was to perhaps become more of an RCC doctrinal genealogy?