And, speaking of Greek, it was Greeks who put the chapter and verse numbers into the Pentateuch (“penta” is Greek for “five”). Does anyone know when, how and why the Jews accepted the Greek numbering system for a Jewish holy text (not that there is anything wrong with it)
It wasnt the Greeks, It was the christians and jews adopted this custom during the Middle Ages when jews were forced to debate christians (usually conversos) about verses in the Bible related to the man on the stick and they would quote chapter and verse with their proof. The Rabbis of the time needs to refute these “proofs” and had to respond with their own chapter and verse.