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.