What is a maskil?

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What is a maskil?

Postby dwayner79 on Mon Apr 26, 2010 1:12 pm

Many scholars think differently on what the definition of maskil is.

What say you?
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Re: What is a maskil?

Postby AGS on Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:24 pm

I have no idea what that even is.
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Re: What is a maskil?

Postby dwayner79 on Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:17 pm

Some of the Psalms were Maskils.
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Re: What is a maskil?

Postby dwayner79 on Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:18 pm

Psalm 42

BOOK II : Psalms 42-72

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For the director of music. A maskil of the Sons of Korah. [a]

[b] As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, O God.
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Re: What is a maskil?

Postby osarusan on Tue Apr 27, 2010 10:18 am

I've never heard it before.

Google>define:maskil says:

to give instruction
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