Biblical Hebrew Forum

["David Kummerow" <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>]

Karl,

I simply provided the quotation so as to provide an indication of the 
position that I, personally, favour. It may sound "wierd" straight out of 
the blue. However, have a read of the article, commentary, and article.

I find Webb's position convincing as it is an argument built on a study of 
formal and thematic textual indicators from the book as a whole. Besides, 
Barry Webb is no "wierdo".

David Kummerow.

> This explanation sounds sort of wierd. So wierd, that that's all I can say 
> on it.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Kummerow" <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>
>
> >
> >
> > For me, one of the more convincing potential positions regarding
> > the referent of the 'almah is put forward in:
> >
> > Rice, Gene. "A Neglected Interpretation of the Immanuel Prophecy."
> > ZAW 90 (1978): 220-227.
> >
> > This is taken up in the popular commentary of Barry Webb and also
> > in his essay, "Zion in Transformation: A Literary Approach to
> > Isaiah," in _The Bible in Three Dimensions: Essays in Celebration
> > of Forty Years of Biblical Studies in the University of Sheffield_
> > (ed. D.J.A. Clines et al; JSOTSS 87; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1990),
> > 82.
> >
> > To quote Webb (p.82): "Given the situation (Jerusalem beset by
> > foes, 7.1) and the fact that Isaiah is pointedly told to take his
> > son Shear-jashub ('a remnant shall return') as he goes to confront
> > the faithless Ahaz (7.2), there can be little doubt that 7.14
> > refers metaphorically to the emergance of a faithful remnant. The
> > young woman who is about to give birth is Zion. Her son,
> > symbolically called Immanuel, is the small community of believers
> > who gather around the prophet, his 'disciples' or 'children'
> > (8.16-18). They are the remnant in the immediate sense anticipated
> > by the name Shear-jashub. They are the ones who have returned in
> > repentance to the Lord."
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > David Kummerow.