But this has been rehashed, Blogger, on this thread and many others. There is more than one meaning to the Greek word to "know" her. There is more than one way of interpreting "until."
As for "before they came together" that's not what the Greek text says; it says that +Jospeh "took" a wife.
My point was Dr. E's non-biblical conclusion presented as "factual" statement that Mary "bore" more children. We don't know that this is true. Certainly the earliest Church never taught that
Yes there are many ways it can be taken. A little thing like CONTEXT drives one to a certain interpretation. She was found to be with child BEFORE THEY CAME TOGETHER makes no sense unless the coming together was sexual intercourse. Before they lived together? That doesn't prohibit one from being a father of a child. Context says that Joseph and Mary had a normal relationship.