(October 27, 2010 at 6:57 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Blood line though his mother?
Neither version even says that. It's just a load of crap.
My limited understanding ,based on reading Jewish explanation of Messiahanic prophecy is:The Messiah will be of the Davidic line and a warrior-priest like David. Oh yeah, and the Messiah WILL NOT DIE.
The convolutions of Christian apologists to make Jesus fit prophecy gets very silly very quickly.The most recent Jewish contender for Messiah was an Hasidic Rabbi in C20Th.
In Jewish tradition,by definition a Jew is a person with a Jewish mother. There is no such thing as 'half Jewish.' You either are or are not a Jew.