[OLD REGGIE]

So do you think Matthew's use of the "virgin birth" is on shaky ground linuistically?

Do you think the Bible is on shakey ground when it claims Perpetual Virginity for Mary?

Do you think the Bible is on shakey ground when it claims the Bodily Assumption of Mary?

Oh! It doesn't!! Whew!!!

[SoothingDave]

Do you think the Bible is on shakey ground when it claims Perpetual Virginity for Mary?

Of course not.

Do you think the Bible is on shakey ground when it claims the Bodily Assumption of Mary?

It makes no such explicit claim.

The point, Reggie, is that words mean things. If Almah means young woman, that is what it means. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the other things you mention.

SD

[SoothingDave]

Do you think the Bible is on shakey ground when it claims Perpetual Virginity for Mary?

Of course not.

Do you think the Bible is on shakey ground when it claims the Bodily Assumption of Mary?

It makes no such explicit claim.

The point, Reggie, is that words mean things. If Almah means young woman, that is what it means. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the other things you mention.

SD