By B. Barry Levy
ISBN-10: 019514113X
ISBN-13: 9780195141139
The Hebrew textual content of the Torah hasn't ever been finalized right down to the final letter. this can be very important now not least simply because Jewish legislation calls for that Torah scrolls learn publicly within the synagogue be error-free. Jewish scribes, students, and criminal experts have sought to beat or slim those modifications, yet to this present day haven't thoroughly succeeded in doing so. This booklet bargains an in-depth learn of the way rabbinic leaders of the earlier millennia have handled questions on the text's accuracy, featuring a variety of authoritative rabbinic resources, many translated the following for the 1st time.
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Possible connections with the etymology of the Greek term hagiographa (which also could mean “temple writings,” not only “holy writings”) require further consideration. 32 Dening Sefer and masoreṯ Before proceeding, we must consider the definitions of two terms that recur throughout the literature concerned with establishing and restoring Torah texts: sefer and masoreṯ. The precise meaning of the word sefer (plural: sefarim) varies with the context. , M. Meg. 1:9). , BT Meg. 26a). As was already seen in the Soferim passage, the common rabbinic term sefer frequently refers to a book written in the form of a scroll, often to a Torah scroll; synonymous terms include sefer tora, megilla, and megillaṯ sefer.
18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 20 klwt, “completion of ” (Num. 7:1, 34a): This passage is translated in chapter 2. He notes that the texts and the masoroṯ are divided and that a rabbinic exposition supports one of the opinions. hklywt, “the kidneys” (Lev. 3:5, 34a): He accepts a majority of masoroṯ and nusahoṯ against a minority. hlh, “Lo” (Deut. 3:11, 36a): He notes an error in the Masorah; most accurate texts disagree with it. tlntykm, “your complaints” (Ex. 16:7, 36b): He corrects the Masorah.
And I labored in some places to minimize the conflict between them as much as I was able to understand and to decide. . I also included in this composition many [passages] from the Midrashim of our rabbis regarding the explanations of the plene and the defective spellings and the Qere and the Keṯiḇ, for they are part of the completeness of the Torah and the allusions hidden in its letters; and they are luminaries to open blind eyes. I also corrected several erroneous Masorah texts (masoroṯ), some of them on the basis of logic and some of them from other Masorah texts in manuscript.
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