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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Rhesa (Man living at the time of Exile and Return)
Luke lists him as a son of Zerubbabel. Some scholars think the name is really the Aramaic title "resh," meaning prince or head, and was once attached to Zerubbabel himself.
Luke lists him as a son of Zerubbabel. Some scholars think the name is really the Aramaic title "resh," meaning prince or head, and was once attached to Zerubbabel himself.
Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as a son of Zerubbabel (Luke 3:27). Some scholars think "Rhesa" preserves not a separate son's name but the Aramaic title "resh," meaning "prince" or "head," attached to Zerubbabel in a source Luke used, which would mean the name does not belong to a distinct individual at all.
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- Luke 3:27
