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- From: ljmorly@polaris.utu.fi (Laura Johanna Manninen)
- Newsgroups: alt.messianic
- Subject: Re: Almah (was Re: Supposed Talmud quotes (was Re: Almah in Isa 7:14)
- Message-ID: <LJMORLY.93Jan10185655@polaris.utu.fi>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 18:56:55 GMT
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- In-Reply-To: carroll@bifur.cis.udel.edu's message of Sat, 9 Jan 1993 21:00:36 GMT
-
- In article <1993Jan9.210036.6669@udel.edu> carroll@bifur.cis.udel.edu (Mark C. Carroll) writes:
- > In article <141794.2B4D63A9@paranet.FIDONET.ORG> Harvey.Smith@p0.f1.n7002.z8.FIDONET.ORG (Harvey Smith) writes:
- > ]
- > ]To: Bruce Krulwich
-
- > ] BK] hard to say it means a virgin. "The way of a man with a
- > ] BK] woman" makes perfect sense.
- > ]
- > ]Sure it sure does especially during the time when Israel kept the law.
- > ]Of course now the Law is irretrievably broken, because there are very very
- > ]few virgins in either Israel or the Jewish community before marriage...
-
- > You're again ignoring Bruce's point: that it isn't specific. Do men
- > only have sex with virgins? Certainly not. Why *must* this be read as
- > "the way of a man with a virgin" rather than "the way of a man with a
- > woman"? Remember, you're arguing that *the only correct reading* is
- > virgin.
-
- Harvey, I replied to BK but the posting may have been too long to reach
- your site. I'm still waiting for a reply.
-
- > ]AGAIN, in every instance and the Rabbis back me up on this, In every
- > ]instance where the term is utilized for a specific maiden, it refers to
- > ]a virgin...
-
- > No - in every case it refers to a young woman, without regard to
- > whether or not she is a virgin. You don't provide *any* support of any
- > kind that any of the references indicate the virginity of the women.
- > Again remember that you are claiming that this word means *only*
- > virgin; this means that you have to provide evidence that the other
- > reading "young woman", which INCLUDES virgins, cannot be correct. If
- > you cannot show for these examples that the virginity of the women
- > mentioned is indicative of the exclusive meaning of the word, then
- > your entire case falls apart.
-
- S'o'S 6:8
-
- > ]Again you are speculating.hardly good scholarship thats for sure... In
- > ]accordance with the Law of Moses which you are supposed to be going by but
- > ]can't, because over 80% of it is abrogated by the breaking of the
- > commandments by you and all of us...So in the light of the Torah, my friend,
- > ]it would always be Virgin. anything else is speculation.
-
- ...
- > Bruce is providing specific references demonstrating his claim, and
- > you are making non-specific claims that "the Rabbis support me". Who
- > is being a better scholar?
-
- I gave the references, BK only tried to interpret them as he would have
- liked them to be.
-
- Seems to me this discussion has moved so far that it's no use to give
- references to any earlier scholarly works, dictionaries etc, but
- everybody taking part speaks for him/herself relying on facts.
-
- - Laura
- --
- "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)
-
- "To the Jews who had believed him, Yeshua said, "If you hold to my
- teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth,
- and the truth will set you free."" - Yochanan 8:32-33
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