On Luke and Matthew's Genealogy of Jesus
A Jewish Rabbi in our neighborhood is passing out DVD's of a debate between himself and a Christian teacher (who will remain nameless). In the video, Rabbi Mizrachi boasts of asking numerous Christian leaders and pastors why there are two separate accounts of the family tree of Jesus and has never been given an answer. Two things surprised me about this. First, he didn't say no one gave him a good answer, he said no one has even given an answer. I found that hard to believe. Second, the Christian teacher he was debating did not give him an answer. That was a bit troubling. Since then, a few other people asked me the same question, and two of them had watched the video. So, I'd like to offer a brief answer. If you want to get into more detail (and survey the of related questions in the minutia) you can review the reading material below. Let me state the question simply. Why are the family trees given by Luk...