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Subject: Re: Alma, Parthenos, Virgin

From: Polychroni <upb_moniodis AT ONLINE.EMICH.EDU>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Subject: Re: Alma, Parthenos, Virgin
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:41:17 -0400

Subject: Re: Alma, Parthenos, Virgin
From: jim west <jwest AT Highland.Net>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 12:05:12 -0400
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At 10:39 AM 10/27/99 -0500, Jim West wrote:

>> This sounds reasonable.
>> Does anyone have an idea of why the
>>Septuagint translators chose Parthenos (virgin)
>>to translate Alma (young woman or virgin)?

>It has always been my suspicion that parthenos is a scribal correction by
>Christian scribes who wished the Isaiah text to reflect what Matthew had.
>In other words, Mt chose parthenos and the Christian scribes who gave us
>the LXX utilized what they knew from Matthew.

When do you claim that this happened?

Subject: Re: Alma, Parthenos, Virgin, Polychroni, 10/29/1999
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- Re: Subject: Re: Alma, Parthenos, Virgin, jim west, 10/29/1999