Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Almah vs. Bethulah in Isaiah 7
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 22:51:58 EST
In a message dated 02/04/2005 18:22:33 GMT Standard Time, gfsomsel AT juno.com
writes:
I have no candidate since I refuse to speculate on the matter. All that
is required is that there be such a child. A determination of precisely
who it may have been is, in any case, beside the point. The point is not
the child but that of which the child will be a sign.
george
gfsomsel
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Hello George,
Perhaps someone could tell us if there is a sense in which a *particular*
'almah' is indicated by the Hebrew text of Isaiah 7. In any case it has not
stopped Jewish interpreters from speculating.