[b-hebrew] Re: Hark the Herrell Angel
Jonathan Walther
krooger at debian.org
Wed Feb 25 18:58:18 EST 2004
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 03:28:09PM -0600, Charles David Isbell wrote:
>Now, dear Jonathan, please remember that the LXX itself was a translation
>done by JEWS.
Please accept my humble apologies. Through lack of experience, I had
assumed the LXX was translated by Israelites of the Dispersion. This
new information alters things considerably.
>So even if you believe with your pastor that the Massoretes
>altered the text on purpose: [a] an original betulah would not change the
>Hebrew meaning; [b] Greek parthenos does NOT mean virgo intacta.
>Incidentally, Luke was surely aware of this, and adds the very specific
>phrase on the mouth of Mary: "how can this be, since I have not known a
>man!"
You have provided valuable information. I had intended to be silent for
the forseeable future, because other posters have pointed me to many
important references that I must read before returning here. But your
pithy summary of the current research has possibly saved a lot of time
reading through the texts so I break that silence to say, thank you.
>Finally, I confess that I do not understand the phrase "pure-blooded Jew",
I also do not understand that phrase. I don't believe I used it, but I
could be mistaken. If I did, it was an error, and I apologize.
>Jews are of many races, even as early as Exodus when a group from
>Mesopotamia are joined by Egyptians, Midianites, and soon therafter
>Canaanites like Rahab.
We are in complete agreement.
>Your Pastor Herrell sounds to me like either an intellectual
>lilliputian or a first-class bigot.
I confess that in some sense Pastor Herrell and I are both bigots. If
being strongly, patriotically pro-Israel makes one an intellectual
lillipution, then I am one too.
>Take it from me, a Jew who can only trace his ancestry back to 17th
>century Spain, his opinions are vulgar and vile as well as based on 24
>caret ignorance.
Since he has Israel's best interests at heart, perhaps we could discuss
his errors with him in private.
Jonathan
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