The Bible was incorrectly translated from Hebrew to Greek. The word 'young woman' was changed to 'vigin' (as in the prophesy of the virgin birth in the OT):
From the mainstream British newspaper The Telegraph (link below):
"The doctrine of the miraculous conception and birth of a God-man was based on a remarkable mistranslation into Greek - wilful or otherwise - of Isaiah's original, quite specific Hebrew words."
From Translators Journal, a publication for professional translators (link below): "The Old Testament talks about almah 'young woman,' not bethulah 'virgin.' However, the scholars in the 3rd century BC translated the Hebrew almah as parthenos in Greek."
http://accurapid.com/journal/18review.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/12/19/do1904.xml
http://www.holysmoke.org/hs00/virgin.htm
http://www.outreachjudaism.org/matthew.html
2007-02-13 13:15:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Serena: your word against the word of professional translators and scholars of ancient texts. Hmmm. Let me think!
2007-02-13 13:26:48 · update #1
Timmy: the evidence for your statement just keeps rolling in, doesn't it?
2007-02-13 13:27:31 · update #2
The rambling words of a misguided lady does not make the Word of God false. The scholars of the 3rd century B.C. were divinely inspired and did not translate anything incorrectly. Today's Bible is translated from the N.T. Greek to English and the translation holds true.
2007-02-13 13:41:05 · answer #1 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Archaeological findings show that the Hebrew word "almah" refers to a virgin.
The possibility of a virgin birth is upheld by open-minded Jewish sages and scholars even those who are not believers in Jesus.
The fact is that the Septuagint, which is the Jewish translation made in pre-Christian Alexandria takes 'almah to mean "virgin" here.
Accordingly the New Testament follows Jewish interpretation in Isaiah 7:14.
The prophet could have chosen a different word had he wanted to describe Immanuel's mother as a virgin.
"Betulah" is a more common way to refer to a woman who has never been with a man (both in biblical and modern Hebrew).
2007-02-14 11:53:17 · answer #2 · answered by House Speaker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 02:41:17 · answer #3 · answered by riedel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This again....
I have a Hebrew Bible.It translates to the same word,and anyway,Mary was still a virgin.She said that she had never known a man.
2007-02-13 13:24:35 · answer #4 · answered by Serena 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have heard this before I'm already an atheist so it doesnt really effect me much. I wish I was schooled in traditional languages so I could have an opinon on it but I am not.
2007-02-13 13:20:38 · answer #5 · answered by Beaverscanttalk 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well that part about not eating pork certainly got lost in translation. I don't know about the rest of it. I'm sure there is more.
2007-02-13 13:19:02 · answer #6 · answered by lotusmoon01 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are incorrect, sir.
I'll see your 4 negative links and raise you 50 more positive ones.
2007-02-13 21:38:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it is the result of Jesus Christ dying on that cross and being resurrected.
2007-02-13 13:26:45 · answer #8 · answered by Chef Bob 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋