Why Jesus is descendant of Bethsabea, of Raab, of Ruth, etc
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 7:47 am
Often we hear that the presence of prostitutes between the ancestors of Jesus is sign of the magnanimity of the Christians, et similia.
Really, I think that their presence is justified by the need to contrast the Gnostic rumors about Jesus being descended in the OT past in the form of any negative anti-nomian OT character: the Serpent and Cain in primis. Without to talk the Gnostic parentage of Jesus (Sabaoth) with the ''prostitute'' Sophia (''prostitute'' as lost for a time in the demiurgical creation).
So the Judaizer could say: yes, Jesus had a negative reputation between the his oldest forms, but that reputation derived from banal OT prostitutes. Nothing of serious.
Really, I think that their presence is justified by the need to contrast the Gnostic rumors about Jesus being descended in the OT past in the form of any negative anti-nomian OT character: the Serpent and Cain in primis. Without to talk the Gnostic parentage of Jesus (Sabaoth) with the ''prostitute'' Sophia (''prostitute'' as lost for a time in the demiurgical creation).
So the Judaizer could say: yes, Jesus had a negative reputation between the his oldest forms, but that reputation derived from banal OT prostitutes. Nothing of serious.