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Matthew’s time could hardly boast a more illustrious genealogy, it turns out that David and Solomon, and thus the whole Davidic line were not “pure” Israelite. Not only was Tamar likely Canaanite, but Rahab was expressly so, and Ruth was Moabite. Moreover, the women appear at first glance to be of questionable
Richard Kohnen, Pressepolitik des Deutschen Bundes. Methoden staatlicher Pressepolitik nach der Revolution von 1848, Max Niemeyer Verlag: Tübingen 1995, VO, 222 S.(= Studien u. Texte zur Sozialgeschichte der Literatur, Bd. 50)