[ON THE GENEALOGY OF JOSEPH]                             rak 2/85 
  
  from folia 120a-120b (in the same hand) after the superscription  
  in the "Bryennios Codex" (H) in which the Didache is preserved
  (MS dated by Leontos the copyist to 1054 CE)
  
Joseph, the husband of Mary,         <gk>*)IWSH\F O( A)NH\R *MARI/AS,
from whom the Christ was born,       <gk>E)C H(=S E)GENNH/QH O( X_S,
is descended from a Levitic family,  <gk>E)K LEUITIKH=S FULH=S KATA/GETAI, 
as the divine evangelists indicated. <gk>W(S U(PE/DEICAN OI( EU)AGGELISTAI/. 
But Matthew                          <gk>A)LL*) O( ME\N MATQAI=OS
traces Joseph's descent 
from David through Solomon,          <gk>E)K *DAD DIA\ *SOLOMW=NTOS
                                     <gk>KATA/GEI TO\N *)IWSH/F: 
while Luke (says) through Nathan.    <gk>O( DE\ *LOUKA=S DIA\ *NA/QAN. 
Solomon and Nathan were both         <gk>*SOLOMW\N DE\ KAI\ *NA/QAN
sons of David.                       <gk>UI(OI\ *DAD.
Now the evangelists were silent      <gk>PARESIW/PHSAN DE\ OI( EU)AGGELISTAI\
about the ancestry of the holy virgin<gk>TH=S A(GI/AS PARQE/NOU TH\N GE/NNHSIN,
since it was not customary           <gk>E)PEIDH\ OU)K H)=N E)/QOS 
for the Hebrews                      <gk>E(BRAI/OIS
nor for the divine scripture         <gk>OU)DE\ TH=| QEI/A| GRAFH=|
to give genealogies for women        <gk>GENEALOGEI=SQAI GUNAI=KAS,
and there was a law prohibiting      <gk>NO/MOS DE\ H)=N MH\ 
one family from contracting marriage <gk>MNHSTEU/ESQAI FULH\N
(with a person) from another.        <gk>E)C E(TE/RAS FULH=S.
Insofar as Joseph was descended      <gk>O( GOU=N *)IWSH\F DAUITIKOU=
from a Davidic family,               <gk>KATAGO/MENOS FU/LOU,
he contracted to marry               <gk>PRO\S MNHSTEI/AN TH\N A(GI/AN 
the holy virgin who was              <gk>PARQE/NON H)GA/GETO,
from his own ancestry.               <gk>E)K TOU= AU)TOU= GE/NOUS OU)=SAN: 
So they were content to indicate     <gk>DEI/CANTES DE\ TO\ TOU= *)IWSH\F
the ancestry of Joseph.              <gk>GE/NOS H)RKE/SWHSAN.
  Now there was a law that when        <gk>H)=N DE\ NO/MOS 
a childless husband died,            <gk>A)GO/NOU A)NDRO\S TELEUTW=NTOS, 
his own brother was to go            <gk>TO\N TOU/TOU A)DELFO\N A)/GESQAI
to impregnate the wife               <gk>PRO\S GA/MON TH\N GAMETH/N, 
and raise up an offspring            <gk>KAI\ E)GEI/REIN SPE/RMA 
for the one who had died.            <gk>TW=| TELEUTH/SANTI: 
Thus the resultant child was,        <gk>TO\ GOU=N TIKTO/MENON 
on the one hand, by nature           <gk>KATA\ FU/SIN ME\N H)=N
(an offspring) of the second one,    <gk>TOU= DEUTE/ROU
who had generated it,                <gk>H)/TOI TOU= GEGENNHKO/TOS,
but by law, (offspring)              <gk>KATA\ NO/MON DE\
of the one who died.                 <gk>TOU= TELEUTH/SANTOS.
  Now, from the seed                   <gk>E)K TH=S SEIRA=S TOI/NUN
of Nathan, son of David,             <gk>TOU= *NA/QAN UI(OU= *DAD
Levi generated Melchi.               <gk>*LEUI\ E)GE/NNHSEN TO\N *MELXI/:
But from the seed of Solomon,        <gk>E)K DE\ TH=S SEIRA=S *SALOMW=NTOS 
Matthan generated Jacob.             <gk>*MATQA\N E)GE/NNHSEN TO\N *)IAKW/B: 
But when Matthan died,               <gk>TELEUTH/SANTOS DE\ TOU= *MATQA/N, 
Melchi the son of Levi,              <gk>*MELXI\ O( UI(O\S *LEUI\
from the family of Nathan,           <gk>O( E)K TH=S FULH=S TOU= *NA/QAN 
impregnated the mother of Jacob      <gk>E)/GHMEN TH\N MRA TOU= *)IAKW/B 
and generated from her Eli.          <gk>KAI\ E)GE/NNHSEN E)C AU)TH=S 
                                         <gk>TO\N *)HLI\: 
This resulted in half-brothers       <gk>E)GE/NONTO OU)=N A)DELFOI\
with a common mother, Jacob and Eli. <gk>O(MOMH/TRIOI, *)IAKW\B KAI\ *)HLI/: 
But Jacob was                        <gk>O( ME\N *)IAKW\B
from the family of Solomon,          <gk>E)K FULH=S *SOLOMW=NTOS,
while Eli was                        <gk>O) DE\ *)HLI\ 
from the family of Nathan.           <gk>E)K FULH=S *NA/QAN. 
Then when Eli,                       <gk>E)TELEU/THSEN OU)=N *)HLI\
from the family of Nathan,           <gk>E)K TH=S FULH=S TOU= *NA/QAN
died childless, and Jacob his        <gk>A)PAI=S, KAI\ E)/LABEN *)IAKW\B 
(half-)brother took                  <gk>O( A)DELFO\S AU)TOU=
his (Eli's) wife                     <gk>TH\N GUNAI=KA AU)TOU, 
he generated Joseph                  <gk>KAI\ E)GE/NNHSEN TO\N *)IWSH/F
and raised up an offspring           <gk>KAI\ A)NE/STHSEN SPE/RMA
for his (dead) brother.              <gk>TW=| A)DELFW=|. 
So Joseph is by nature               <gk>O( TOI/NUN *)IWSH/F FU/SEI ME/N 
a son of the Jacob                   <gk>E)STIN UI(O\S TOU= *)IAKW\B 
who descended from Solomon,          <gk>TOU= A)PO\ *SOLOMW=NTOS KATAGOME/NOU, 
but by law (he is son) of Eli        <gk>NO/MW| DE\ *)HLI\ 
(who descended) from Nathan.         <gk>TOU= E)K *NA/QAN. 
                                     
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