trinitarian conception

Continued from Chapter 18a Several suggestions have been proposed to identify the mother and child. Frequently, she has been identified with a present wife of Ahaz or a young woman about to be married to him and pointed out in person by the prophet. The child has been identified with one of his children, notably Hezekiah.2 Another proposal is that ha-‘almah, “the young woman,” is Isaiah’s own wife, specifically the prophetess of Isaiah 8:3, or one of several wives. A third proposal is that the