You are hereHomeBible ReviewDecember 2002Bah, Humbug! See Raymond E. Brown, Birth of the Messiah, pp. 143–153. As Brown notes, a Ugaritic text of the Late Bronze Age also speaks of a g’lmt (=Hebrew ‘almaÆ) bearing a son—so, if Jesus is prefigured in the Old Testament, he is in Ugaritic, too! Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.