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- From: fnixon@utkvx2.utk.edu (Nixson, John Fred)
- Subject: Re: Rashi's quote (was Re: Almah - Betulah)
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:46:00 GMT
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- In article <1k6ig8INNdcu@life.ai.mit.edu>, dweinste@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (David Weinstein) writes...
- >In article <26JAN199323151295@utkvx2.utk.edu> fnixon@utkvx2.utk.edu (Nixon, John Fred) writes:
- >#But you are correct... it doesn't *prove* it one way of the other. All we
- >#have is the Septuigint translation, and the tens of thousands of first
- >#century Jews who did in fact accept this account, as used by Matthew, that
- >#the sign was a virgin would give birth. This would also be in perfect
- >#accord with your use of almah. But the conclusion would be... naaah.
- >
- >Tens of thousands of Jews? That means we are talking on the close order
- >of .75% of the Jewish population. So, if less than 1% of the Christians
- >were to leave Christianity, obviously Christianity would have it wrong?
- >
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- Ummm... the tens of thousands is a reference to the Jews in and around
- Jerusalem when Paul returned to the city (see Acts 21:20, those were Jews
- "zealous for the Torah"), not to modern populations. See "first century".
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- As for the last sentence, I cannot parse it in a sensible way; perhaps you
- could help me out?
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- fnixon@sol.cs.utc.edu
- fnixon@utkvx.utk.edu
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