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From: warren@pluto.UUCP (Warren Burstein)
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Subject: Re: Isaiah 7:14
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Date: Tue, 17-Mar-87 03:27:47 EST
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[This is in response to the discussion on Is. 7:14.  A number of people
 claimed that the Greek term "parthenos", meaning virgin, was introduced
 by the Greek translation known as the Septuagint.]

The original text of the Septuagint as composed in Alexandria is
not available, so we can't know what the Rabbis wrote.  There are
several, divirging, editions of the Septuagint in existence.  To
my knowledge, they were all prepared by Christians.
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[The standard edition of the Septuagint was prepared by a Christian.
 There are some other versions from the 4th Cent. about which there are
 scholarly arguments.  There are quotations by Jewish writers such as
 Josephus.  There are substantial fragments from the 2nd Cent. BC,
 which obviously are not Christian.  I don't know whether Is 7:14
 appears in any sources that are provably non-Christian.  I have never
 heard of any scholar claiming that "parthenos" was a Christian
 interpolation, but I don't claim to have read all of the literature.
 --clh ]