Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· υἱοῦ Δαυὶδ· υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ· Introduction: The Weight of Lineage The opening verse of the Gospel of Matthew is deceptively brief, yet it carries immense theological and grammatical weight. The construction in focus—υἱοῦ Δαυὶδ· υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ—is a genitive chain: a repeated genitive noun phrase linked in succession. This compact grammatical structure does …
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