Born of a Virgin?: Reconceiving Jesus In The Bible, Tradition And Theology

by Andrew Lincoln

of descent continued down to Jesus through his father’s seed. The term ‘seed’ frequently has the extended meaning of ‘descendant’ but, unless used metaphorically, retains the connotation of being in the line produced by the male role in procreation.13

Note also though that Mary was thought to have been descended from David too and that Matt’s genealogy also features women