Her name is Mary Magdalene and she was Jesus" wife. ... However, as I said before Mary Magdalene was Jesus" wife. ... She was from the powerful House of Benjamin, while Jesus was from the House of David, which is a descendant of King Solomon. Their marriage brought together a very powerful political union, which could restore the line of kinds under Solomon. ... She was the womb that bore the lineage, and the vine from which the sacred fruit sprang forth!" ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Many of the individuals included in the genealogy are important figures in Jewish Scripture such as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, King David, Solomon and others. ... Jesus therefore has Jewish heritage due to Joseph and his lineage of important figures in the nation of Israel. ... The book of Luke also tells the "good news" of Jesus. ... Matthew never mentions any shepherds visiting Jesus. ... I would suggest that in Luke's quest to thoroughly explain events in Jesus" life and his family history he needed to explain why Jesus was called Jesus of Nazareth if he was born in Bethlehem. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A direct descendant of the Judeo-Christian tradition, he claims his ancestry from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. ... They maintained the belief that Selassie was the Jesus of which Christianity speaks, and as Rasta leader Altamount Reid declared, looked to him for "the spiritual deliverance of the world, not only among colored races but white as well" (Lewis, 7). ... Not only did they separate themselves from the traditional Christian church by their refusal to accept the image of their savior as a white Jesus, but they also managed to conflict with the spiritual churches, which suppor...

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