Biblical Hebrew Forum

[dwashbur AT nyx.net]

That wasn't what I understood Karl to be saying, but I'm not going to 
continue this any more 
since this topic is clearly going nowhere.

On 16 Jul 2007 at 13:25, Tory Thorpe wrote:

> On Jul 16, 2007, at 1:10 PM, dwashbur AT nyx.net wrote:
> 
> > You haven't demonstrated that anything is "because of christian  
> > dogma."  That's an
> > assumption on your part, and an erroneous one at that.
> 
> Karl's claim (and correct me if wrong Karl) is that almah meant one  
> thing in the Hebrew speech community until the advent of  
> christianity, and then the meaning was changed by non-christian Jews.  
> And I believe you to be correct, that assumption on Karl's part is  
> erroneous. But the claim is also offensive.
> 
> Tory Thorpe
> 


Dave Washburn
But I can't say Sylvester, George!