Nusach Ha-mikra – Accuracy of the Biblical Text

With all due caution, both from a religious perspective and in terms of textual analysis, we are left with R. David Zvi Hoffmann's assertion that the biblical text in our possession is not perfect. Thus, while we uphold the exegetical effort to maintain the Masoretic version, we do not rule out categorically the possibility of textual emendations. It is important to emphasize that even where the commentators find no way of explaining the Masoretic text, the proposals of textual emendations, nevertheless, remain nothing more than suggestions or hypotheses. Thus, the mandate of the student is not to "decide," and our logic is not always able to substantiate a decision.