'Lo, a virgin shall conceive' ... or not, depending on the translation
Snow covers a statue of the Mother Mary and baby Jesus. Photo by Anuja Tilj/Pixabay/Creative Commons
(RNS) — Had Isaiah wanted to say 'virgin' or predict a miraculous birth, he would have used different Hebrew words, say biblical scholars Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler.
