Q&A: The Division of the Hebrew Bible into Sections and Chapters
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The Division of the Hebrew Bible into Sections and Chapters
Question
I wasn’t able to understand who actually divided the Torah and the Hebrew Bible into sections—was it us or the Christians?
Answer
The division into sections comes from the Masoretic tradition. The division into chapters is from the Christians.