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[Drich]

So you admit it's made up.

Begs the question. For Jews are not the only ones interested in the geneology of Christ. As I pointed out Theoplus (the person in whom conscripted the book of Luke) was a gentile.
So luke for the benfit of his gentile master showed how Jesus was indeed from the line of David.

And if he was writing to a greek, why all the embarrassment still about explicitly naming the mother? I thought that was a Jewish eccentricity?

He was a Jew, Jesus, was a Jew, The geneology was recorded by jews, according to jewish law. Luke (like I have done here in this website answer your questions) has attempted to perserve as much of the culture and heritage as possiable, attempting to bring the gentiles understanding to the standard of established judaism rather than watering down the judaism for gentile consumption.

Which subsequently is why you guys seem to always think you have found contradictions. Because you view the watered down understanding of these people and this time period through the rose colored glasses of your own cultures and understandings.
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