Now, dear Jonathan, please remember that the LXX itself was a translation
done by JEWS.
So even if you believe with your pastor that the Massoretes
altered the text on purpose: [a] an original betulah would not change the
Hebrew meaning; [b] Greek parthenos does NOT mean virgo intacta.
Incidentally, Luke was surely aware of this, and adds the very specific
phrase on the mouth of Mary: "how can this be, since I have not known a
man!"
Finally, I confess that I do not understand the phrase "pure-blooded Jew",
Jews are of many races, even as early as Exodus when a group from
Mesopotamia are joined by Egyptians, Midianites, and soon therafter
Canaanites like Rahab.
Your Pastor Herrell sounds to me like either an intellectual
lilliputian or a first-class bigot.
Take it from me, a Jew who can only trace his ancestry back to 17th
century Spain, his opinions are vulgar and vile as well as based on 24
caret ignorance.
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