[Magdalen] Images and words about Mary

[Eleanor Braun]

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>

Fr. James Martin in his marvelous book, Jesus, quotes Elizabeth Johnson
about the tekton trade -- it was a combination of carpenter, stonemason,
cartwright, and joiner, all rolled into one.

Eleanor

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