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DCHindley · 12-25-2011, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Diogenes the Cynic

That's an awful lot of speculation to a question far better answered by "Luke made it up."

Yeah, I had updated the post to say just that.

DCH

Chili · 12-25-2011, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by DCHindley

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Originally Posted by Diogenes the Cynic

Thanks for the tax information. It's interesting.

Luke does not say that Joseph moved to Judea, though, only that he went there to register for the census, then went right back to Galilee.

Then I have to wonder just why he would go there to begin with. If Joseph really owned no land, and was making a living as an artisan in Galilee, he had no reason to go there when the new Procurator began to get a "head" count with personal property valuation in 6 CE.

DCH

Artisan with 12 shepherds?

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