But he had not had intercourse with her until she had borne a son – Math 1:25a Against a Background of Old Testament Traditions
Jakub Slawik
Abstract
The author asks about an origin of the phrase in Math 1:25. Review of all Old Testament texts in which the verb to know (Hebrew [dy) means to have sex/intercourse (with sb) and stands with a negation, shows that Math 1:25a bases on Gen 24:16; 38:26b; 1 Kings 1:4. Mary, the mother of Jesus, is presented as second Rebkah and Tamar, and Joseph as second Juda and David.
Keywords:
Maria i Józef, nie współżyć, narodzenie Jezusa, Rebeka, Tamar, Dawid
Slawik, J. (2014). But he had not had intercourse with her until she had borne a son – Math 1:25a Against a Background of Old Testament Traditions. Theological Yearbook, 56(2), 7–16. Retrieved from https://ojs.chat.edu.pl/index.php/rt/article/view/184
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