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Isaiah 7:14 — "Virgin or Young Woman"

Whether the Hebrew word 'almah' in Isaiah 7:14 should be translated as 'virgin' (as in the Septuagint and Matthew 1:23) or 'young woman,' and the implications for the doctrine of the virgin birth.

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General Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian)

General Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian)

Unique & Independent

Nuanced

Spiritual sense: virgin birth prefigures Christ as virgin wisdom from God

Swedenborgians read Isaiah 7:14 not primarily as a literal historical prediction but as a spiritual allegory where the virgin birth symbolizes the manifestation of pure divine truth and wisdom entering the world.

Scripture References

Sources

  • Emanuel Swedenborg, Arcana Coelestia
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