[Magdalen] Images and words about Mary

[Jay Weigel]

Men had to be somewhat established in a trade I believe, so Joseph would
most likely have been around 18-20. And IIRC, the word used in the Greek to
describe his trade is "tekton", which translates more as "contractor" than
"carpenter". Or so I recall hearing recently.

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I thought men married later in those days??
>
> "women'' when they reached childbearing age...
>
> L
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>
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> From: "James Handsfield" <jhandsfield at att.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2016 9:43 AM
> To: "Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Images and words about Mary
>
> Since most young men were married by the time they were fifteen or
>> sixteen, Joseph, and old man, was probably 18 to 20.
>>
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>> Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.
>>
>> Jim Handsfield
>> jhandsfield at att.net
>>
>> On Jan 30, 2016, at 10:17 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> And it irks me no end to see
>>> Joseph portrayed as an old man.
>>>
>>
>>