General Principles of Interpretation.

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greatkraw

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translation cultural issues are only one possibility. I gave you one, the names omitted in the ancestral records. Now I already know the answers (plural emphasis) and reasons (plural) for this, but I think a "boo boo" error should be one of the possibilities.
well you are left with the Bible has errors - why waste your time with it?

you can argue that any bit of it is wrong if it does not suit you
 
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charisenexcelcis

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Just google, there's websites with plenty of them there. The ancestral records are a good one. There are a few theories why there are gaps in Matthew? I think it is, but no one knows for sure. Few christians are willing to admit that the author could have been having a bad day and accidentally left some out, because you've been indoctrinated to believe that the bible was penned by God, like the Koran was claimed to be, and not by humans.
The gaps in the ancestrial records of Matthew have to do with him working a pattern of fourteen. He knew, being a Jew, the actual OT record, but he was trying to be metaphoric. Basic goal of interpretation: first find out what the original author was trying to say to the original audience. I think the numerological importandce of this is not the fourteen, but the three periods: Abraham to David, David to the deportation, deportation to Christ. This is a geneology of the throne of David: First, the throne as a promise. Second, the earthly throne. Finally, the throne in reserve for the Christ.
Luke's geneology is also different, including a generation not in the OT, probably a correction from the practice of expunging particularly evil ancestors from one's geneology.
 
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greatkraw

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in the hebrew mentality there is only one word for what we use 3 words for

father, grandfather, ancestor
 
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