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From: axm9839@acf4.UUCP (Asher Meth)
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Subject: Re: Acceptance of Isaiah
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Date: Thu, 22-Mar-84 22:31:58 EST
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Or leyom shishi leparshas Shemini, 19 ADAR II 5744 

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Bob Brown writes :

     What standing does the Septuagint(sp ?) have in the Jewish
     tradition?  This Greek translation of the scriptures by 70
     Jewish Scholars in about 200 BCE (in Alexandria, Egypt?)
     translates Is 7:14 - "almah" - young woman as the Greek
     word "parthenos" which means virgin in the usual sense of
     the English word.  Does this contribute to the solution
     or the problem?
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I will NOT discuss the Septuagint, esp. since I do not feel well-enough versed
to speak authoritatively about it.

Irrespective of how the word "'almah" was translated in the Septuagint (and
translation often detracts from the actual meaning - and you are referring to an
English translation of a Greek translation of a word of a verse written in 
Hebrew), the usage of the word "'almah" in Hebrew does NOT necessarily imply the
translation virgin.

See the verse in Mishlei (Proverbs) 30:19. 
If one reads this verse it is obvious from the context that the word
"'almah" being used does NOT mean virgin.

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Again I wish to stress that I feel that this is not the proper forum for
discussion of these matters. I answered here only because I felt that I could
not let this go by unanswered, and I felt able to answer it properly.
I personally do not feel well-qualified enough to answer any and all questions
that might evolve from discussion of these matters.

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          Asher Meth
          allegra!cmcl2!acf4!axm9839

A Gutten Shabbos to all !!!