You get two types of "divisions" in the Hebrew Torah - Open or Closed
Open means the entire line has been left "open" Closed means the line has been closed with the new word on the same line Variations of this include, sectional divisions (into 54 sections), called parshiot... Book divisions, which separate each book. While its a nice feature and its included in the BHS module and Aleppo module (marked by a pe or samekh) its not critical to the understanding of most of the text, and there is some dispute as to how the entire Hebrew Scriptures are divided, if you follower Bruer, then you follow one set, Ginsburg another, and Kittel/Kahle a third way of dividing the text - all three have different authorities from which they draw... Also, the paragraphs and sections are not based on English, but Hebrew which means that they do not really serve a meaningful function in English, since English has a different system of paragraphing. A paragraph in English is defined as section of writing discussing a similar concept or idea...you will find that most english bibles are translated with this in mind and the reason is to make it more understandable...The logic of the Hebrew open-closed system has to do with dividing the text so that it may be read aloud easily...it was sung in the synagogues which means rather that the text is divided as an orator or singer would express the Torah in a single sitting... DF __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
