Bullinger and Seiss treatments cited from PD originals (≤50 words each). Cross-link to /featured/seed-promise (the narrative the constellation-figure proposes to encode). Critical echo from §5: Coma's "desired one" reading depends on a contested etymology that Faulkner argues was selected to fit the gospel narrative.
Virgo (Bethulah / Almah) — the Promised Seed
Bullinger: a virgin holding a branch and an ear of corn; Coma the desired one; reading Gen 3:15.
Primary passage:Job 38:32 →
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