copyist

«copyist» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to copy writings by hand — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A person whose job is to copy writings by hand. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Copyists mattered because the Sefer Yetzirah and other texts were passed on by hand, and their slips are blamed for differences between versions. Torah scribes are held to strict rules for exact copying.

examples

• These numbers have been a source of difference between the editors and copyists, hardly any two editors concurring. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• It is not unlikely that originally only the Sefer Yetzirah had been ascribed to Joseph ben Uziel, but as there were several other works in the same volume, some careless copyist attributed them all to him. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «copyist» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.