{
  "id": "dict_002987",
  "term": "Joda",
  "slug": "joda",
  "letter": "J",
  "entry_type": "biblical_person",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "Joda is a personal name in Luke’s genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3:26.",
  "simple_one_line": "A name in Jesus’ genealogy recorded by Luke.",
  "tooltip_text": "A biblical proper name appearing in Luke 3:26.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Genealogy of Jesus",
    "Luke",
    "Jesus Christ",
    "Luke 3:23–38"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Genealogy",
    "Messiah",
    "Son of David"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Joda is a biblical proper name that appears in Luke’s genealogy of Jesus. Scripture gives no additional narrative about him beyond his place in that lineage.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "Biblical person named in the genealogy of Jesus.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Appears in Luke 3:26",
    "known only from the genealogy",
    "no further biographical details are given in Scripture."
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Joda appears as a name in the genealogy of Jesus recorded in Luke 3:26. Because the text offers no further narrative about him, he is best treated as a biblical proper-name entry rather than a theological term.",
  "description_academic_full": "Joda is a personal name found in Luke’s genealogy of Jesus (Luke 3:26). Scripture does not provide a separate narrative, office, or theological teaching attached to him. His significance lies in his place within the genealogy, which serves Luke’s presentation of Jesus’ historical and covenantal lineage. A dictionary entry should therefore remain brief, text-based, and free from speculation.",
  "background_biblical_context": "Luke places Joda within the genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3:23–38. Genealogies in Scripture establish historical identity, family lineage, and continuity in God’s redemptive purposes.",
  "background_historical_context": "Outside Luke’s genealogy, Scripture gives no historical detail about Joda. He is otherwise unknown to the biblical narrative.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "In Jewish Scripture and Second Temple practice, genealogies commonly marked ancestry, inheritance, and covenant continuity. Luke’s genealogy uses that familiar form to locate Jesus within real history.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Luke 3:26"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "Luke 3:23–38"
  ],
  "original_language_note": "The name is preserved in Luke’s Greek genealogy. Scripture does not supply additional information about its wider background.",
  "theological_significance": "Joda’s significance is indirect: his inclusion in Luke’s genealogy supports the historical descent of Jesus and the reliability of the Gospel record.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "As a proper name, Joda illustrates that Scripture’s redemptive storyline is grounded in concrete history and real persons, not abstract ideas alone.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not build doctrine or speculation on Joda’s identity beyond what Luke records. The text does not provide a separate biography or theological role for him.",
  "major_views_note": "There is no substantive interpretive debate about Joda beyond his identification as a name in Luke’s genealogy.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "This entry affirms the historical and literary function of Luke’s genealogy but does not infer any doctrinal claims about Joda himself.",
  "practical_significance": "Joda reminds readers that Scripture preserves ordinary names within God’s saving history, even when those individuals are otherwise unknown.",
  "meta_description": "Joda is a biblical proper name appearing in Luke 3:26 in the genealogy of Jesus.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/joda/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/joda.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}