To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Cc: <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Chapters & Verses
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 21:54:55 +0200
John wrote:
> >A colleague of mine is looking for any historical information regarding
the
> >chapter and verse divisions in the Hebrew Bible. Who did them, when and
> >why?
Jim wrote:
>
> Stephanus, 1551, so folk could more easily find what they were looking
for.
Wasn't it Stephen Langdon? And I thought it was before the first Miqra'ot
Gedolot.
By the way, Menachem Ben Yashar wrote an article on this subject (in
Hebrew) in an issue of `iyune miqra uparshanut, Bar Ilan University's bible
periodical. I don't remember what issue, but it shouldn't be too hard to
find - only four have been put out so far.