Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Does variable paragraphing of the Hallel Psalms matter?

FOR SUKKOT ETC.: Hallel: How Many Psalms? (Dr.Eric J. Harvey, TheTorah.com).
The answer depends on the manuscript and tradition we read: Psalms are segmented differently from as early as the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Septuagint and continuing through the medieval Hebrew manuscripts of the Masoretic Text.

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