Re: carpenter - Mk 6.3

From: Jeffrey Gibson (jgibson@acfsysv.roosevelt.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 10 1997 - 16:59:36 EST


A consideration that has not been taken into account regarding TEKNWN,
whether applied to Jesus or Joseph, is the proximity of Nazareth to
Sephoris where the need for masons and stone cutters was extensive. On
the other hand, does not Justin Martyr link Joseph's profession with
"yoke maker"?

Jeffrey Gibson
jgibson@acfsysv.roosevelt.edu



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