How do those who hold Genesis is in a mythic genre but the Gospels historical genre reconcile Luke 3's genealogy which matches Genesis?
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Of course, I can't answer for all such Christians, but I can answer for one (me!). I think it comes down to a different idea of what inerrancy means. The books of the Bible contain what God wants them to contain, rather than being literally 'true' (according to 21st century human definitions of true, or indeed the human understanding from any era). I don't think there is any contradiction between believing that the account in Genesis is mythic, and that the Holy Spirit inspired the author of Luke to give a genealogy of Christ that went back to Adam. We can of course speculate as to why this is so, but that to me is akin to wondering why God has done anything - worthwhile and necessary Christian reflection, but one that does not have to represent a soluble problem.
As an aside, in this case, my personal feelings are that the extended genealogy is intended to link the writings of the New Testament with all the events, including the mythic events, of the Old Testament. I think it underlines the importance of the Old Testament to Gentiles converting to Christianity. To me, it says that Jesus is the incarnation of this specific promise, and the fulfilment of these specific covenants, and so on. In this way, this passage makes sense to me. I don't work for ancestry.com - I'm not interested in Joseph's 'literal' parentage.
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