An article by Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld published on Aish.com, an Orthodox Jewish outreach and education organization, arguing directly against the Christian messianic reading of Isaiah 7:14. Read here directly: Rosenfeld's own argument is that the Hebrew word is almah, "a young woman without reference to her virginity," not betulah, the Torah's own specific word for virgin, which Isaiah deliberately did not use; that the sign was addressed to King Ahaz for his own immediate political crisis and names a contemporary woman, "possibly Isaiah's wife or Ahaz's," whose son would be born imminently; and his own stated conclusion, that this "couldn't possibly be referring to Mary who would not live for hundreds of years, and who would not bear a son till long after the battle Isaiah was referring to." Judaism's own account of its own reading, not outside scholarship.
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Tier three: an article from Aish.com, an Orthodox Jewish outreach and education organization, read here directly for Judaism's own account of its own reading of Isaiah 7:14 against the Christian messianic interpretation. The tradition's own argument, not outside scholarship. NotesA Jewish outreach organization's own reading of a contested biblical text, tiered as tradition's own account, matching this atlas's existing treatment of Family Radio's, the Watch Tower Society's and Catholic Answers' own statements. This is Judaism's own account of its own reading, offered for contrast alongside Christianity's reading already on this row, not as a neutral, outside adjudication of the underlying translation question.
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AuthorRabbi Dovid Rosenfeld
PublisherAish.com
Publication Year2023
URLhttps://aish.com/does-isaiah-714-refer-to-a-virgin-birth/
Source Typetradition
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This source names Isaiah directly: "the Christian messianic reading of Isaiah 7:14."
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This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Prophecies, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
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