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Significance of Genealogies
We are going through the OT as a youth group and I've been asked a few times about the genealogies throughout. I know they are important to help keep track of family lines, ancestry of Jesus, etc.
The question is, have any of you come across a study or curriculum that does a good job of making the genealogies relevant and interesting. They show up so often, I'd love to be able to help students appreciate that they are there rather than get frustrated when they come across them in their reading. Thanks!
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As Paul points out in 1 Timothy, some people use "endless genealogies" to promote controversies rather than God's work—which is by faith. I'd steer clear of anything you're not 100 percent with. Most good commentaries explain what can reasonably be said about them where they appear. |
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A couple key things to point out about genealogies: |
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A good source of information for the Genesis genealogies would be Allen Ross's Creation and Blessing. Good for information but would need some work to make relevant and interesting for students. |
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You have to break them down and find the little nuggets in them and that makes students interested. So take the genealogy of Jesus and look at the women listed in it and why they are there when the tradition was to just list men. |
