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

Name: Fixing God's Torah The Accuracy of the Hebrew Bible Text in Jewish Law
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ISBN: 9780195141139

ISBN-10: 019514113X

ISBN-13: 9780195141139

Edition: 2001

Authors: B. Barry Levy

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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'saccuracy, presenting numerous authoritative rabbinic sources, many translated here for the first time.

Book details

List price: $210.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/8/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 5.79" wide x 8.90" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English



Preface



Fixing God's Torah



Ibn Zimra's Responsum A: The Zohar, the Talmud, and Fixing the Torah Text



Ibn Zimra's Responsum B: The Masorah and Fixing the Torah Text



Ibn Zimra's Responsum C: The Talmud, the Torah Scrolls, and Fixing the Torah Text



Ibn Zimra's Responsum D: Logic and Vocalizing the Torah Text



The Literary Background of Ibn Zimra's Responsa: Rabbi Solomon Ben Adret and the Medieval Sefardi Halakhic Literature



Ibn Zimra, Ben Adret, Ibn Adoniyah, the Masorah, and Fixing the Torah Text in the Sixteenth Century



Fixing God's Torah Since the Sixteenth Century


Index