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  • From: "Lewis Reich" <lewreich AT javanet.com>
  • To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re[2]: Alma, Parthenos, Virgin
  • Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 15:09:12 -0400



----- Original Message -----
From: <peter_kirk AT sil.org>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 9:38 AM
Subject: Re[2]: Alma, Parthenos, Virgin


> This is an interesting idea in view of the modern opinions that the
> idea of the virgin birth (clearly attested in Luke as well as Matthew)
> came from the early Christians' reading of LXX. If this idea was not
> in the LXX which they read, this would strengthen the argument that
> Matthew and Luke were reporting actual events. Now I don't want to get
> into Christian theology on this list, but here it does interact with a
> Hebrew textual issue. Where did the idea of the virgin birth come from
> if not from LXX?

If I am not mistaken, the idea of the virgin birth of a hero is a
relatively
common motif in mythology.

Lewis Reich







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