Mary's HUSBAND... or... Adopted Father ?

Sometimes the scholars can identify with  the Apostle's epithet..."your much learning hath made thee mad!" [i.e., confused, out of touch with reality].

Such may be the case here . . . if we stop at Matthew 1:16.  But if we read further to verse 1:18, we discover "who" Yosip really is . . . and he is NOT Mariam's "father." 

 Now the birth of Y'SHUA+, the MASHIYACH was like this: While Maryam His+ mother was betrothed to Yosip, without them being united, she was found pregnant by the RUACH haKODESH.

MATTHEW 1:16 ... Michael Rood Misses the Translation ... and is even corrected by the wretched SHEM TOV !

Michael Rood, a leader in the Hebrew Roots movement, has declared  Matthew 1:16 to contain the word "father" in it instead of "husband."