https://askgramps.org/jesus-really-carpenter/ Moral answers to everyday concerns, curiosities, and uncertainties. Gramps considers all questions on all topics from all sources. Thu, 10 Apr 2025 17:26:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://askgramps.org/jesus-really-carpenter/#comment-33707 Sun, 04 Jan 2015 02:27:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=31498#comment-33707 That Joseph was a stone mason rather than a carpenter is a theory Jeffrey Chadwick (of BYU) put forth in his book, The Stone Manger. Apparently there aren’t a whole lot of trees in that part of the world, so very little wood for building. A “builder” would build with stone, not wood. So, Bob, you are likely correct.

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