Brilliant observation by Eddie Izzard
The first western language the Bible was translated into (before Latin as it wasn't accepted in the Roman Empire at this point) was Ancient Greek. Now, I don't know how many Scholars of Ancient Greek there are out there but the Ancient Greek word for 'Virgin' (as in the 'Virgin' Mary) is the same as the word 'Young Woman'.

One of the main miracles in the Bible and the cornerstone of the Roman Catholic Faith put bang to rights by a transvestite comedian.

Fantastic
(The_Reaper, Fri 20 Mar 2009, 12:20, 6 replies)

Yes, it's good isn't it?
But it doesn't matter in the slightest as one fiction amongst thousands will not change a believers mind.
( Brandy_Bumwinkle, Fri 20 Mar 2009, 12:25, closed)

Well isn't that something
I sometimes wonder how fast Matt, Mark, Luke and Johnny spin in their graves...
( Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Fri 20 Mar 2009, 12:27, closed)

1 of many...
...Translation is a very complex thing to do, and even in the google-age, with translators tested, and having to have qualification in order to work, every now and again, meanings and context can be skewed during translation....

So now back a few years, before google, before spell checks, before proofreading, and qualifications, and know that someones ability to translate was judged on their ability to 'communicate' in the other langauge...

Now ask the following questions..

'How accurate are any of the translations beyond the original text',
'how many translations of bad translations have been done'
and...
'how many bad translation of bad translations have been done?'
and
'...how many 'different' religions are based on nothing more than a typo'
( BulldogUgly Visit my profile to see what's between my legs, Fri 20 Mar 2009, 12:32, closed)

haha
yes eddie
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Fri 20 Mar 2009, 13:14, closed)

I'm not so sure about being put bang to rights, as you say.
The fact that the word for 'young woman' and 'virgin' are the same points to them being the same thing in that culture, e.g. a young woman would be a virgin until she became an older woman and married.

For example, the Chinese don't have separate words for 'drawing' and 'writing'. To them, they're the same thing.
(Mr._Pickles, Fri 20 Mar 2009, 14:48, closed)

And the word you're after
Is Parthenos.
(Angie the Redneck Wonder, Sat 21 Mar 2009, 3:27, closed)