It's not written in Aramaic or Ancient Hebrew.
The New Testament is written in New Testament Greek. Which may be a translation of Aramaic words spoken by Mary, of course.
The bit about Mary being 'troubled' - yep, that bothers me too. I'm not convinced but I think it is a tricky bit to read nowadays and very important to make clear to women today that they should not ever feel that it's ok to be scared or bothered.
AFAIK, it is peculiar to English that the future tense sounds like a command (it's also grammatically incorrect to interpret even English 'you will' the way that article does). In grammatically correct English, 'you will' is the future tense and 'you shall' is a command. So that bit is bunk IMO.
The bit about 'ghosts' and 'spirits' - well, that seems a fair enough response to it! It's supernatural and therefore about as daft as the supernatural usually is.
The 'slave' bit - bollocks. That's offensive IMO. Slavery is a real thing, going on in parts of the world today. Translating incorrectly to pretend that's what 'handmaiden' means is not on.
'(Mary & Joseph) ?before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
~?Came together?? More sexual innuendo.'
Erm ...no shit, Sherlock!
I'm not going through it all.
I've seen the reading of Mary's pregnancy as rape before and I think it is powerful and interesting and important. It is crucial that we understand how Christian culture normalizes messages about what women should be. But IMO that particular link shoots itself in the foot by being fairly shite.
Something I have a huge problem with, in this context, is the way Mary is held up as the ideal for all women. Little girls are taught they should aspire to be like Mary - that is, they should aspire to become pregnant without ever having sex, they should aspire never to have sex, and they should hope for a sexless marriage and for their child to die at an early age. That is just horrific.
Moreover, they're taught that they cannot be like Mary. They're set up to fail. They can be as messed up and conflicted about sex as they like - they will never be mothers and virgins so they can't win.
Likewise, men are taught that women are like this.
Instead we should be teaching men and women to enjoy sex, and to feel happy and fulfilled about it, whether or not they're becoming parents or getting married. We should be teaching realistic aspirations, not ideals.