I. The purpose of the Old Testament genealogies -- 1. The genealogies in the Pentateuch -- The older sources: J, E, D -- The priestly narrative -- 2. Genealogies in Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles -- The relation between Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles -- The purpose of the genealogies of Ezra-Nehemiah -- The relation between I Chron. 1-9 and the narrative -- The three types of material in I Chron. 1-9 -- The genealogies of Judah and Levi -- A note on I Chron. 1 -- Summary -- 3. Summary: The purpose of the Old Testament genealogies. II. Later Jewish genealogies and the genealogies of Jesus -- The narrowing of genealogical interest in later Judaism -- The concern for genealogical purity -- Genealogical speculation on the ancestry of the Messiah -- 5. The genealogy of Jesus in Matthew -- The question of methodology -- The setting of Matt. 1:1-17 and its purpose -- The relation between the Matthew genealogy and th gospel of Matthew -- 6. The genealogy of Jesus in Luke -- Jesus as Son of God -- Jesus as Prophet -- 7. Summary and conclusion. Appendixes: -- 1. Methodology in the study of Old Testament chronology -- 2. The chronology of the priestly narrative in tabular form -- 3. The ancestry of Elijah in later Jewish sources -- 4. The ancestry of Tamar in later Jewish tradition -- 5. A neglected manuscript bearing on the genealogies of Jesus.