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Did Matthew Botch Christmas? (feat. Bart Ehrman)

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Is There a Virgin in Isaiah?

Isaiah used the Hebrew word alma, which means simply young woman. If Isaiah wanted to say that she was, this woman was a virgin, he would use betulah. The Greek translators of the Old Testament translated the passage that used to word the comedian young woman Parthenos. It's also a word that could mean a woman who's never had sex.

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