Hey, it’s Monday, so how about we take up a really complicated, difficult-to-sort out debate among biblical critics and scholars about whether or not Mary, the mother of Jesus, was really a virgin when her remarkable son was born?

In the following video, Erik Manning of “Is Jesus Alive?” takes on Paulogia, a critic of the Bible who argues that the whole doctrine of the Virgin Birth is the result of Matthew’s ignorance of the differences between Greek and Hebrew.

At 14:50, this video is a bit longer than what you normally see here on HillFaith, but, trust me, it is well-worth it:

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Other clips:

Virgin Birth Prophecy – Jesus and the Old Testament, https://youtu.be/puLgX-zp0_c​ 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