Lexicographical Neighbors of Haphtara
Literary usage of Haphtara
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Critical and Historical Introduction to the Canonical Scriptures of the by Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette (1843)
"But from the latter passage it appears there were then no haphtara.d Our present
division into chapters, which the Jews also have accepted,' is of Christian ..."
2. The History of the Jewish Church by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1882)
"... the Book of Daniel. .he synagogues was introduced the the faithful from the
obligation o{ haphtara, te, the reading of les- reading the Pentateuch. ..."
3. Encyclopædia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black (1903)
"Its original aim may be gathered both from the term by which it was called and
from the character of the earliest selections. The term haphtara (masn; Aram. ..."
4. Princeton Theological Review by Princeton Theological Seminary (1915)
"Most of them have some readily visible point of contact with the portion of the
Law which was to be read on the day for which the particular haphtara was ..."
5. The Origin of the Canon of the Old Testament: An Historico-critical Enquiry by Gerrit Wildeboer (1895)
"We say partly right, because he identifies the haphtara system with the "
introduction of public lessons from the prophets." The latter was no doubt much ..."
6. Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1901)
"10. the haphtara, ie the reading of lessons But it can hardly be doubted, ...
Comp. burg, in his article on the haphtara. Kitto, 1 Mace. ix. 49 : Judith vi. ..."
7. Reformed Judaism and Its Pioneers: A Contribution to Its History by Emanuel Schreiber (1892)
"For the same reason the abolition of the "haphtara"§ is in order, as the beginning of
... Aside from this the haphtara was introduced only very lately as a ..."
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