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Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew

From: Raymond de Hoop <rdehoop AT tref.nl>
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 16:58:47 +0100

No doubt the question why Matthew read Isaiah 7:14 in the way he did, is interesting. However, in that case we are dealing with the "historyof interpretation", some 700 years after Isaiah spoke these words, and notwith philology. It seems more appropriate to follow Jonathan's suggestion to read the text first in context (litteral and historical): Isaiah promised a sign to Ahaz, so if Isaiah would have referred exclusively to a messiah 700 years later, it was a pity for Ahaz but he never would have seen thepromise being fulfilled. It stands to reason that Isaiah's words were meantto have a message for the people of his own time....

Raymond

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Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew, Raymond de Hoop, 01/29/2001
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