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[David and Esther Bannett via Mesorah]

Re: <<AFAIK, the Bar Ilan Keter uses Rav Breuer's text, so it would not 
be two separate "accurate manuscripts.">>

The Bar Ilan Keter does not use RW Breuer's text although both referred 
to some of the same sources. Breuer compared accurate manuscripts and 
the Venice Mikraot Gedolot (1525).  When all or almost all agreed on a 
word, that is what he used.  Prof. R' Menahem Cohen put the existing 
parts of the Keter into a computer and compared all the places with the 
same word and/or ta'am and found rules for things that the others 
considered random.

The printed volumes of the Keter contain explanations of what Prof. R' 
Cohen  did and also has criticism of others who preceded him including 
Breuer.

Bar Ilan Keter and Breuer are two independent texts despite the fact 
that they ended up with only small differences.  for examplle,  look at 
m'tagim in the Chumash.  Breuer has less than Heidenheim and the Bar 
Ilan Keter has much less than Breuer.


David

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