Critiquing the presence of outsiders, women of questionable pasts in Jesus’ genealogy: lessons for contemporary Christianity

The book of Mathew has an unusual beginning and a casual reading shows a monotonous account of people “begoting” another and this itself, is somewhat boring and repetitive. Asides this repetitiveness, a striking feature of this account is the mention of four women and a fifth, Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Ba...

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