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From: glenn@sdcrdcf.UUCP
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Subject: Re: `Almah' and 'Parthenos'
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Date: Tue, 26-Jun-84 23:13:37 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 26 23:13:37 1984
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	1)  Where is the *sign* if the word is only "young woman" ?

	2)  When the JEWISH scholars translated the scriptures into Greek they
	chose the word 'parthenos'in 286 BCE.

	3)
	"That fact of viginity is obvious in Gen. 24:43 where `Alma' is used of
	one who was being sought as a bride for Issac.  Also obvious Ex 3:8,
	Song. 6:8 refers to three types of women, two of whom are called queens
	and concubines.  It could be only resonable to understand the name of
	the third group for which the plural of `Alma' is used."
			[Theological Word Book of the Old Testament pg. 672]

	4) A secular definition of how a word is used may not be applicable to
	scripture.  Let scripture interpret scripture, cf. Is. 28:9-10.