Fixing God's Torah: The Accuracy of the Hebrew Bible Text in Jewish Law

by B. Barry Levy

2020-11-23 23:38:03

The Hebrew text of the Torah has never been finalized down to the last letter. This is important not least because Jewish law requires that Torah scrolls read publicly in the synagogue be error-free. Jewish scribes, scholars, and legal authorities ha... Read more
The Hebrew text of the Torah has never been finalized down to the last letter. This is important not least because Jewish law requires that Torah scrolls read publicly in the synagogue be error-free. Jewish scribes, scholars, and legal authorities have sought to overcome or narrow thesedifferences, but to this day have not completely succeeded in doing so. This book offers an in-depth study of how rabbinic leaders of the past two millennia have dealt with questions about the text''s accuracy, presenting numerous authoritative rabbinic sources, many translated here for the firsttime. Less

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File size8.9 X 5.79 X 1.1 in
Print pages256
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date October 15, 2001
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780195141139

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