The Virgin Birth Isn't Based on a Misunderstanding (Response to Paulogia)

How did Christians get the doctrine of the virgin birth? Counter-apologist Paulogia says it was a mix of Matthew's creativity and stupidity. See here:    • Virgin Mary... Miracle or Misundersta...  

Paul and other critics say that Matthew was too quick to connect Jesus to the Old Testament, even if it caused him to get sloppy and make a fool out of himself. So to bolster Jesus’ Messianic credentials, he invented the virgin birth story. He did this by misreading the Greek version of Isaiah 7:14, which does use the word virgin or parthenos in Greek.

But the original Hebrew passage wasn’t referring to a virgin at all, but a young woman. If Isaiah was prophesying a virgin birth, he would have used the more precise word bethulah, not almah. Matthew assumed the word meant virgin. His ignorance led to the doctrine of the virgin birth of Jesus. Or so the story goes. But is Paulogia and some of the other critics right? No. If there's anyone misreading the text here, I believe it's Paulogia.

Other clips: Virgin Birth Prophecy – Jesus and the Old Testament,    • Virgin Birth Prophecy - Jesus and the...  
NT Pod 64: Is the Virgin Birth based on a Mistranslation? by Dr Marc Goodacre. (podcast) https://podacre.blogspot.com/2012/12/...

Sources: Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus: Volume 3: Messianic Prophecy Objections by Dr. Michael Brown https://amzn.to/34Y8tvd

Was Mary a Virgin? Dr. Heiser. https://blog.logos.com/2017/11/was-ma...

The Messianic Hope: Is the Hebrew Bible Really Messianic? Michael Rydelnik, https://amzn.to/3dnHnBk

Did Messianic prophecy inspire the Christmas story? by Tim McGrew, http://christianapologeticsalliance.c...

For more on Matthean authorship https://kerussoapologetics.blogspot.c...

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