My wife and I have been going to a bible study over the last few months and, when studying the Old Testament, there are numerous examples of God intervening to allow women previously barren to produce off spring.
It occurred to me that, for Jews raised with that understanding of God's participation in such events, that the idea of a Virgin Birth, with Jesus being conceived in Mary, would not be that dramatic of an event, or that unique. Where for New Testament focused Christians, we may not understand that God has allowed or brought life into the wombs of women throughout history, this may be a singular event, for old school Jews, this is just another example where God stepped in to allow his covenants to continue.
Just a thought.
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