JOSEPH  , in the New Testament, the See also:

• HUSBAND

husband of See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary, the See also:

• MOTHER

mother of Jesus . He is represented as a descendant of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David, and his See also:

• GENEALOGY (from the Gr. yivos, family, and Vryos, theory)

genealogy appears in two divergent forms in Matt. i . 1—17 and See also:

• LUKE
• LUKE, GOSPEL OF ST

Luke iii . 23—38 . The latter is probably much more See also:

• COMPLETE

complete and accurate in details . The former, obviously artificial in structure (See also:

• NOTICE

notice 3 X 14 generations), traces the Davidic descent through See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings, and is governed by an apologetic purpose . Of Joseph's See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• HISTORY

history practically nothing is recorded in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible . The facts concerning him See also:

• COMMON

common to the two See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth-narratives (Matt. i.—ii.; Luke i.—ii.) are: (a) that he was a descendant of David, (b) that Mary was already betrothed to him when she was found with See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of the See also:

• HOLY

Holy See also:

• GHOST (a word common to the W. Teutonic languages; O.E. vest, Dutch, 'geest, Ger. Geist)

Ghost, and (c) that he lived at See also:

• NAZARETH (mod. en-Ndsira)

Nazareth after the birth of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ; but these facts are handled differently in each See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case . It is noticeable that, in See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew, Joseph is prominent (e.g. he receives an See also:

• ANNUNCIATION

annunciation from an See also:

• ANGEL

angel), while in Luke's narrative he is completely subordinated . Bp See also:

• GORE
• GORE, CATHERINE GRACE FRANCES (1799-1861)
• GORE, CHARLES (1853– )

Gore (The Incarnation, See also:

• HAMPTON
• HAMPTON, WADE (1818-1902)

Hampton lecture for 1891, p . 78) points out that Matthew narrates everything from Joseph's See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, Luke from Mary's, and infers that the narrative of the former may ultimately be based on Joseph's See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, that of the latter. on Mary's . The narratives seem to have been current (in a poetical See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form) among the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Jewish-See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian community of See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine .

At Nazareth Joseph followed the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade of a See also:

• CARPENTER, LANT (1780-1840)
• CARPENTER, MIRY (1807-1877)
• CARPENTER, WILLIAM BENJAMIN (1813-1885)

carpenter (Matt. xiii . 55) . It is probable that he had died before the public See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry of Christ; for no mention is made of him in passages See also:

• RELATING

relating to this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period where the mother and brethren of Jesus are ' Joseph's See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with the daughter of the See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest of On might show that the tribes of See also:

• EPHRAIM

Ephraim and See also:

• MANASSEH (7th cent. B.C.)
• MANASSEH (apparently Hebrew for " he who causes to for-get," but see H. W. Hogg, Encyc. Bib., s.v.); in the Bible, a tribe of Israel, the elder but less important of the "sons" of Joseph. Its seat lay to the north of Ephraim, but its boundaries can scarce

Manasseh were believed to be See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian by descent, but it is notoriously difficult to determine how much is of ethnological value and how much belongs to See also:

• ROMANCE

romance (viz. that of the individual Joseph) . It introduced; and from See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John xix . 26 it is clear that he was not alive at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the Crucifixion . Joseph was the See also:

• FATHER

father of several See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children (Matt. xiii . 55), but according to ecclesiastical tradition by a former marriage . The See also:

• READING

reading of Matt. i . 16, in the Sinaitic See also:

• PALIMPSEST

Palimpsest (Joseph . . . . begat Jesus, who is called the Christ) also makes him the natural father of Jesus, and this was the view of certain early heretical sects, but it seems never to have been held in orthodox Christian circles . According to various apocryphal gospels (conveniently collected in B .

H . See also:

• COWPER, WILLIAM (1731-1800)
• COWPER, WILLIAM COWPER, 1ST EARL (c. 1665-1723)

Cowper's The Apocryphal Gospels, 1881), when married to Mary he was a widower already 8o years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, and the father of four sons and two daughters; his first wife's name was See also:

• SALOME

Salome and she was a connexion of the See also:

• FAMILY

family of John the Baptist . In the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church the 19th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March has since 1642 been a feast in Joseph's See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour . Two other festivals in his honour have also been established (the Patronage of St Joseph, 3rd See also:

• SUNDAY

Sunday after See also:

• EASTER

Easter, and the See also:

• BETROTHAL (A.S. treowth, " truth ")

Betrothal of Mary and Joseph, 23rd of See also:

• JANUARY

January) . In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 187o St Joseph was proclaimed See also:

• PATRON

Patron of the whole Church . (G . H . Bo.) .