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9780195141139

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

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195141139

  • ISBN10:

    019514113X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-11-08
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

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 these differences, 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 first time.

Author Biography

B. Barry Levy is Professor of Biblical Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University in Montreal.

Table of Contents

A Note On Transliteration xv
Abbreviations xvii
Fixing God's Torah
3(39)
Ibn Zimra's Responsum A: The Zohar, the Talmud, and Fixing the Torah Text
42(25)
Ibn Zimra's Responsum B: The Masorah and Fixing the Torah Text
67(22)
Ibn Zimra's Responsum C: The Talmud, the Torah Scrolls, and Fixing the Torah Text
89(8)
Ibn Zimra's Responsum D: Logic and Vocalizing the Torah Text
97(5)
The Literary Background of Ibn Zimra's Responsa: Rabbi Solomon Ben Adret and the Medieval Sefaradi Halakhic Literature
102(35)
Ibn Zimra, Ben Adret, Ibn Adoniyah, the Masorah, and Fixing the Torah Text in the Sixteenth Century
137(19)
Fixing God's Torah Since the Sixteenth Century
156(21)
Notes 177(48)
Topical Index 225(8)
Source Index 233

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