2007-03-09 13:48:04 · 9 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
absolutely yes. the word used is not a word that conveys lower class staus, but instead one that implies a profitable, learned profession.
2007-03-09 13:51:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where I am a professional carpenter earns from 50 to 150 thousand a year.
It is only a middle class trade.
In the 1rst century to say a carpenter would have meant about the same as saying contractor today. He would not have been considered as a labourer.
2007-03-09 21:55:59 · answer #2 · answered by U-98 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carpenter is a good profession.
2007-03-09 21:52:19 · answer #3 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. No doubt about it. A carpenter would have been fairly rich.
2007-03-09 21:55:37 · answer #4 · answered by Alex 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, absolutely not. Luke was a doctor, who was a servant (slave) of Paul. There was no middle class among the Jews. You either were rich or poor. Jesus' family was poor.
2007-03-09 21:54:37 · answer #5 · answered by John S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was no middle class, but Jesus would have been at the top of the slave classes.
2007-03-09 21:51:10 · answer #6 · answered by Huggles-the-wise 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It still is. It's an ARTISAN craft.
Something lacking in todays IKEA world!
2007-03-09 22:01:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just above morticians maybe?
2007-03-09 21:52:56 · answer #8 · answered by lnfrared Loaf 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, but what's wrong with that?
2007-03-09 21:51:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋