Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 01/04/2005 18:55, Karl Randolph wrote:

> ...
>
> If the present copies of the LXX are accurate copies of the original, then 
> the LXX translated Isaiah 7:14 as “virgin”, i.e. before the NT interpretation.
>  

This is actually doubtful. I have heard it said, although I don't have 
details, that the Greek word PARTHENOS meant just "young woman" at the 
time that the LXX was translated, and later gradually came to have the 
specialised meaning "virgin". Does anyone have more details on this one?

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