Bible Question:
Rahab is given as wife of Salmon, "Salmon begat Boaz, thus Rahab is mother in law of Ruth; or is she? The time span, and accepted life spans do not seem to match. Is the given genealogy subject to "gaps?" |
Bible Answer: Greetings, There is a theory called the "Open genealogy" theory that claims that the genealogies listed are listing the more well known members of the line, like the family leaders and so forth. There's an article about it in the Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics. It does have merit, especially when you compare genealogies together, such as Matthew 1:8 with 1 Chronicles 3:11-12, and 1 chronicles 6:6-14 with Ezra 7:2. Also, if you do the math in Genesis 5-11 and assume there are no gaps, then you come to some implausible conclusions, which can only be explained away via an open genealogy. This theory is not without objections. The primary objection being that some think it takes liberties and uses more isogesis (reading into the text) instead of exegesis (reading out of the text). Jalek |
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