If The Christ was, in fact, directly descended from David, then this guy would have been one of his Niblings/ Cousins. The Christ probably would have looked very similar to the man in this picture.
It’s kind of like being European and being descended from Charlemagne, or having almost any Middle Eastern, Russian, Tiberian, or Siberian claiming to be descended from Chingis Khan. Yes, it’s probably technically true for the majority of the people in those immediate geographic areas.
If David was one historical figure, and not an amalgamation of people, kinda like Shakespeare might have been, at the time that The New Testaments would have been written, David would have been dead for a few thousand years. We know from DNA that a single figure, namely Chingis Khan, fathered so many children that something like 20% of all people alive are descended from him. He existed less than 1000 years ago.
Charlemagne existed about 1000 years ago and fathered about 20% of Europeans that exist today.
Even in the time of the Christ, David would have been a few thousand years old, and was similarly prolific with his wives as Khan and Charlemagne. It’s entirely probable that Mary was also descended from David since most of The Tribe of Israel would have intermarried a lot more frequently than we would today.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 days ago
If The Christ was, in fact, directly descended from David, then this guy would have been one of his Niblings/ Cousins. The Christ probably would have looked very similar to the man in this picture.
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Gloomy@mander.xyz 5 days ago
David was not a historical figure tough.
MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I’m not really up on the Bible, but wasn’t it Joseph who was allegedly descended from David? Joseph, who definitely wasn’t the father of Jesus?
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It’s kind of like being European and being descended from Charlemagne, or having almost any Middle Eastern, Russian, Tiberian, or Siberian claiming to be descended from Chingis Khan. Yes, it’s probably technically true for the majority of the people in those immediate geographic areas.
If David was one historical figure, and not an amalgamation of people, kinda like Shakespeare might have been, at the time that The New Testaments would have been written, David would have been dead for a few thousand years. We know from DNA that a single figure, namely Chingis Khan, fathered so many children that something like 20% of all people alive are descended from him. He existed less than 1000 years ago.
Charlemagne existed about 1000 years ago and fathered about 20% of Europeans that exist today.
Even in the time of the Christ, David would have been a few thousand years old, and was similarly prolific with his wives as Khan and Charlemagne. It’s entirely probable that Mary was also descended from David since most of The Tribe of Israel would have intermarried a lot more frequently than we would today.
Jonnyprophet@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Handsome devil.