Masoretic Text

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The Masoretic Text is the authoritative Hebrew version of the Jewish Bible, meticulously preserved and standardized by Jewish scribes known as the Masoretes between the 7th and 10th centuries CE.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew Bible text tradition
Jewish religious text
biblical manuscript tradition
basedOn earlier Hebrew textual traditions
canonicalStatus authoritative text of the Jewish Bible
collectiveNameFor Tanakh
contrastedWith Dead Sea Scrolls biblical texts
Samaritan Pentateuch
Septuagint
developedBy Masoretes
linked to: Masorah
feature Masorah magna
linked to: Masorah

Masorah parva
linked to: Masorah

accentuation system
cantillation marks
consonantal text
ketiv-qere readings
marginal notes
orthographic standardization
vocalization marks
hasPart Ketuvim
Neviim
Torah
influenced Christian Old Testament translations
Jewish law
Jewish liturgy
language Aramaic
Biblical Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
notableScholar Aaron ben Moses ben Asher
linked to: Aaron ben Asher
notableSchool Babylonian Masoretic school
Palestinian Masoretic school
linked to: Masorah

Tiberian Masoretic school
preservedIn Aleppo Codex
Leningrad Codex
primaryLocationOfActivity Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia

Palestine
Tiberias
purpose to preserve the precise wording of the Hebrew Bible
to standardize pronunciation and chanting of the Hebrew Bible
religion Judaism
scriptType square Aramaic script
standardizedBy Masoretes
linked to: Masorah
timePeriod 10th century CE
7th century CE
8th century CE
9th century CE
usedAs authoritative Hebrew Bible text in Judaism
usedBy Karaite Judaism
linked to: Karaite Jews

Rabbinic Judaism
writingSystem Hebrew alphabet

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Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Psalm 90 includedIn Masoretic Text
Mikraot Gedolot contains Masoretic Text
Exodus 13:16 textualTradition Masoretic Text
BHS usesTextType Masoretic Text
Leningrad Codex textType Masoretic Text
Huldah sourceText Masoretic Text
YHWH scripturalTradition Masoretic Text
1 Kings textualTradition Masoretic Text
Orpah textualTradition Masoretic Text
Books of Samuel preservedIn Masoretic Text
Biblia Hebraica Quinta includes Masoretic Text
Biblia Hebraica Quinta focusesOn Masoretic tradition
linked to: Masoretic Text
Mephibosheth primarySourceText Masoretic Text
Meshach languageContext Hebrew Bible context
linked to: Masoretic Text
Book of Nahum preservedIn Masoretic Text
Psalm 79 includedIn Masoretic Text
Ahaziah sourceText Masoretic Text
Methuselah appearsIn Masoretic Text
Greek Daniel differsFrom Masoretic Text of Daniel
linked to: Masoretic Text
Book of Haggai includedIn Masoretic Text
Psalm 48 includedIn Masoretic Text
Psalm 82 textualTradition Masoretic Text
Psalm 73 includedIn Masoretic Text
Psalm 75 includedIn Masoretic Text
11Q5 relatedTo Masoretic Text of Psalms
linked to: Masoretic Text
Tiberian cantillation appliesTo Masoretic Text
Ta'amei ha-mikra usedIn Masoretic Text
subject linked to: ta'amei ha-mikra
Torah reading textSource Masoretic Text of the Torah
linked to: Masoretic Text
Psalm 80 tradition Masoretic Text
Psalm 115 includedIn Masoretic Text
Psalm 135 tradition Masoretic Text
Psalm 107:23 locatedInText Masoretic Text
Psalm 131 includedIn Masoretic Text
Aleppo Codex fragments tradition Masoretic Text
Aleppo Codex fragments relatedTo Masoretic Text tradition of Tiberias
linked to: Masoretic Text
RSV basedOnTexts Hebrew Masoretic Text
linked to: Masoretic Text
American Standard Version textualBasis Masoretic Text (Old Testament)
linked to: Masoretic Text
Kedemah hasSource Masoretic Text
Eldaah sourceTextTradition Masoretic Text
Pishon textualTradition Masoretic Text
Goliath languageOfName Hebrew Bible
linked to: Masoretic Text
Beth-togarmah textualTradition Masoretic Text
Habakkuk 2:4 textualTradition Masoretic Text
Psalm 145 tradition Masoretic Text
Complutensian Polyglot Bible includesText Masoretic Hebrew text
linked to: Masoretic Text
Lamech appearsIn Masoretic Text
R. Yosef Kara textualFocus Hebrew Masoretic Text
linked to: Masoretic Text