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"Yakob Leib ha Kohain [Jacob Leib Cohen, Ph.D.]" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 11 Mar 1999 07:17:45 -0800
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N. Scott Reynolds wrote:
 
>the Hebrew bible has no spaces to
> delineate the words, reputably to enable myriad interpretations.
 
YAKOV LEIB REPLIES:
 
I'm afraid that's not entirely true. What you're referring to, I think,
is that the "Hebrew Bible" (i.e., Torah) has no _punctuation_ to
delineate _sentences_, not that it has no "spaces" to delineate "words."
 
I have a Torah Scroll (i.e., the "Hebrew Bible" to which you refer) in
front of me at this very moment and, I assure you, it is not one, long
uninterupted string of Hebrew letters but one long, uninterupted
_sentence_. May I ask the source of your information?
 
JLC

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