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- From: pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey)
- Subject: Re: Almah in Isa 7: 14
- Message-ID: <fXDHi6C@quack.sac.ca.us>
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- References: <LJMORLY.93Jan6134759@polaris.utu.fi>
- <1ietmvINN5t7@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>
- <LJMORLY.93Jan6195742@polaris.utu.fi>
- Date: 7 Jan 1993 07:05:46 UTC
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- In article <LJMORLY.93Jan6195742@polaris.utu.fi>
- ljmorly@polaris.utu.fi (Laura Johanna Manninen) writes:
- >"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government
- >will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Councellor,
- >Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." - Yeshaya 9:5 (9:6)
-
- By the way, on the off chance that you're interested in the original
- word, here is a faithful translation of the Masorah and Qumran texts:
- JPS Tanakh, ISBN: 0-8276-0252-9:
- Isaiah9:5
- For a child has been born to us,
- A son has been given us.
- And authority has settled on his shoulders.
- He has been named
- "The Mighty God is planning grace;(d)
- The Eternal Father, a peacable ruler" -
- ----
- d: As in 25.1
-
- It seems that Christianity is full of propaganda which doesn't
- necessarily nullify the religion, but it seems one should wonder why such
- zealous marketing techniques are required to sell what is supposed to be
- the truth. If one seeks the truth, one should do so truthfully,
- otherwise one only fools oneself. If one seeks propaganda, there are
- always those who will sell it.
-