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[name] the son of [father’s name]

Question

When the bible speaks of a person, often the person is named as the Son of… What is the significance of the phrase. How important is this relationship; Father to the Son or visa vesa

Answer

As you can see, lineage plays a huge role in understanding G-d’s Hebrew Scriptures. Shlomo (Solomon) Blumenfeld is a closed box, but Shlomo, son of David, is a door to the infinite.

Regards, Eliahu Levenson