Isaiah 7:14

Steve Puluka spuluka at hotmail.com
Thu Sep 2 08:19:04 EDT 1999


My curiosity has been peaked by the mention that the Latin Vulgate follows 
the Hebrew and not the Greek text for the Old Testament.  My obviously 
rattled memory seemed to recall that reading Catholic translations in 
English rendered disputed verses according to the Greek.

I quick look at the verse Isaiah 7:14 confirmed that while my memory was 
flawed in some ways the Catholic text in English does indeed follow the 
Greek.

LXX (Brenton edition published by Hendrickson)
Therefore the Lord shall give you a sign;  behold, a **virgin** shall 
conceive in the womb and bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name 
Emmanuel.
Greek word parqenos

Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1985)
Assuredly, my Lord will give you a sign of His own accord!  Look, the 
**young woman** is with child and about to give birth to a son.  Let her 
name him Immanuel.

Hebrew word almah

The copies I have of Roman Catholic English translations follow the Greek 
not the Hebrew.  If the Vulgate is a translation of the Hebrew and is 
accepted as the text for Roman Catholics why do they follow the Greek in 
disputed verses?  Does anyone have access to the Vulgate text?  What is the 
Latin translation in the Vulgate for this verse?

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