In a message dated 7/10/2007 9:36:35 PM Central Daylight Time,
hholmyard3 AT earthlink.net writes:
> JW:
> This would seem to be, as the Brit Melahs say, "the cruncher". In order
for
> Isaiah's immediate audience to be able to recognize prophecy fulfillment
they
> would need to know the identity of the young woman. This than would
support
> use of the definite article in 7:14 as confirming that the young woman
was
> known to Isaiah and his immediate audience and therefore an English
translation
> of "the" is likely.
>
> Intellectually though, all the available evidence should be looked at
before
> making a conclusion.
>
HH: No, they didn't need to know the individual. All they needed to know
was the time period needed for a virgin to bear and raise a child who
did not quite know how to discern good from evil. This would take about
3-4 years.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
JW:
So according to you Isaiah gave his immediate audience information they did
not need, such as naming a child Immanuel, which they did anyway, and an
audience that was not Isaiah's used this information instead but didn't name
the
child Immanuel. This is a long way from Translation.