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Re: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew

From: Raymond de Hoop <rdehoop AT keyaccess.nl>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 13:29:12 +0100

Harold R. Holmyard III <hholmyard AT ont.com> wrote on 05-02-2001 13:25:

>> Just difficult to find the right word at the time. I'll accept anything
>> that
>> is better. "Nationality" didn't seem to be the right word, especially when
>> one thinks of the Diaspora. So, if Jonathan Safren feels he can supply a
>> better word for the *context*, he will be most welcome.
>
> The word "ethnic" may be a better term.

I do not agree, because there is an important religious factor in it too. So
why not just refering to someone as being Jewish, as a Jew, or his
Jewishness?

Racial and ethnic have too much negative soundings with regard to the past
of the Jewish people.

Raymond

Re: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew , (continued)
- Re: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew, Jack Kilmon, 02/04/2001
  - Re: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew, Jonathan D. Safren, 02/04/2001
- Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew, Harold R. Holmyard III, 02/04/2001
- Re: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew, Ian Hutchesson, 02/04/2001
- Re: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew, Harold R. Holmyard III, 02/04/2001
- Re: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew, Ian Hutchesson, 02/04/2001
- Re: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew, Jonathan D. safren, 02/05/2001
- Re: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew, Raymond de Hoop, 02/05/2001
- Re: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew, Ian Hutchesson, 02/05/2001
- Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew, Harold R. Holmyard III, 02/05/2001
- Re: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew, Raymond de Hoop, 02/05/2001
- Re: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew, Jonathan D. safren, 02/05/2001
- Re: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew, Jack Kilmon, 02/06/2001
  - Re: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew, Raymond de Hoop, 02/06/2001
- Re: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew, Ian Hutchesson, 02/06/2001