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The most common criticism the RSV received was in respect to [[Isaiah (Biblical book)|Isaiah]] 7:14 where they rendered the word [[almah]] as 'young woman' rather than 'virgin'.  (In the Greek [[Septuagint]], the Greek word is clearly virgin.)
 
The most common criticism the RSV received was in respect to [[Isaiah (Biblical book)|Isaiah]] 7:14 where they rendered the word [[almah]] as 'young woman' rather than 'virgin'.  (In the Greek [[Septuagint]], the Greek word is clearly virgin.)
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The RSV was itself revised in 1990, forming the [[New Revised Standard Version]].
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The RSV was itself revised in 1990, forming the [[New Revised Standard Version]], which also translates [[almah]] as 'young woman' rather than 'virgin', but with a lengthy footnote explaining its reason and reiterating that Mary was a virgin at the conception of Jesus.
    
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