interpolation

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Kalisch and others suspect that some passages of Sefer Yetzirah were added later by other hands. In the primary lessons: in the lessons a line or passage slipped into an old tale by a later teller or writer

Meaning

Something extra added into a text or story that was not there at first. tree →

Examples

• 44) This whole paragraph is an interpolation of an unknown hand, as it can be easily proved. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• But this arrangement is undoubtedly an interpolation of a later time, as the author of the book "Yezirah" lived many years before Ptolemy. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• As such a view is entirely re- pugnant to the modern critical raind, some writers regard this closing Mishnah as a later interpolation. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• The line about the dragon is an interpolation. tree →
• Scholars spotted an interpolation in the old song. tree →
• This added scene is a later interpolation. tree →

Note

nothing for maths; in maths an interpolation is an estimate between two known values, and it does not add to a count