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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (31059)	7/17/2000 2:28:38 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 39621

Hi Emile, Well, I wish I could claim I had spent a lot of time on it-- but I didn't! I merely looked up the words in Strong's and then looked under Virgin Birth on the net. Mostly I was curious to see if this wasn't another case of words being capable of multiple meanings-- which can then lead to those nasty doctrinal schisms. The second error is simply a misstatement of facts. You stated that "When the scriptures referred to a virgin ...they always used the Hebrew word "betulah". These are not my words; it is a quote- hence the italics. I got that information from this site- religioustolerance.org I have no idea if they or you are correct. I don't believe they are saying that almah can't be translated as virgin, but that betulah is the common word of choice for virgin and doesn't offer the conflicting meanings almah does. I think they are saying that in the other instances where the word almah appears, it is merely a choice in translation to use virgin and that almah could also have been easily translated as young woman. I do know that Hebrew is a very contextual language, so what you are saying makes sense. I do appreciate your courteous tone, and the effort YOU made! I enjoy the explanations and history --thank you. penni