Is 7:14 and PARQENOS

Dave Washburn dwashbur at nyx.net
Thu Apr 12 21:14:21 EDT 2001


My personal exegetical opinion 
> is that an almah is a young girl that one might want to pursue for marriage 
> and the related term, bethulah, is used when one wants to make the point that 
> a young girl is not a harlot.  

Um, in that culture, wouldn't a "young girl that one might want to 
pursue for marriage" be assumed to be a virgin?


Dave Washburn
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