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From: Jared Olar <>
Subject: Re: Kinsmen of Jesus
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 16:58:19 -0500
In-Reply-To: <4821.wrei@rs8_POPMail/PC_3.2.3_Beta_2>


On Mon, 22 Apr 1996, William A. Reitwiesner wrote:

> Jared Olar <> posted:
>
> >Third and finally, a discussion of medieval claims of descent from the
> >family of Jesus Christ certainly does fall within the purview of this
> >forum. You need not participate, and you are free to delete the messages
> >pertaining to it. But please do not send messages to "read the Bible" in
> >response to this discussion of purported descents from the family of
> >Jesus Christ. They are unsolicited and unnecessary.
>
> The soc.genealogy.medieval/gen-medieval FAQ hasn't been posted for quite a
> while (yo, Pat!), but in it Biblical genealogies are specifically and
> explicitly defined as "off-topic".
>
>
> William Addams Reitwiesner
>
>
True. However, the legendary Georgian Bagratid lineage, or the Welsh
legends about Beli Mawr and Anna, are not Biblical genealogies--they're
not in any Bible I've ever seen, anyway. I know Zuckerman's hypothesis
concerning the reputed identity of Theuderic of Toulouse as a Jewish
prince named Makhir has also been discussed here--Makhir's lineage
purportedly goes back to Biblical figures, but the exilarchic pedigree is
hardly Biblical.

Jared Olar

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