Virgin birth

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Was Jesus born of a virgin birth?

Christian views

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Secular views

• The Argument from the Bible - Theodore M. Drange, Losingmyreligion.com

"Another alleged prophecy that was claimed in Matthew 1:22-23 to have been fulfilled by Jesus is based on Isaiah 7:14, which is said to predict a certain virgin birth. But there are many problems with that."

• The Problem of the Virgin Birth Prophecy - Richard Carrier, Secular Web

"Within the natural ambiguity of the text in question virgins of good reputation can naturally conceive--not just in the sense that they can conceive on their wedding night (which is certainly a possible meaning of the Isaiah passage), but also, as Brown points out, in the sense that a man might in the future take as a bride someone who is now a virgin. On that reading, "a virgin will conceive" in the sense that someone who is now a virgin, at the time Isaiah spoke, would at some point marry and have a child, fulfilling the prophecy."