A Short Introduction to the Tiberian Masoretic Bible and its Reading Tradition.

This book is intended to provide a quick introductory overview of the Tiberian Masoretic tradition of the Hebrew Bible and its background. It was this tradition that produced the great Masoretic codices of the Middle Ages, which form the basis of modern printed editions of the Hebrew Bible. Particul...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Gorgias Handbooks
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Physical Description:1 online resource (154 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • 1. THE TIBERIAN MASORETIC TRADITION
  • 2. THE CONSONANTAL TEXT
  • 3. THE LAYOUT OF THE TEXT AND THE CODICOLOGICAL FORM OF MANUSCRIPTS
  • 4. THE MARKING OF PARAGRAPHS
  • 5. THE ACCENTS
  • 6. THE VOCALIZATION AND THE READING TRADITION
  • 7. THE MASORETIC NOTES
  • 8. MASORETIC TREATISES
  • 9. MASORAH AND GRAMMAR
  • 10. THE TIBERIAN PRONUNCIATION TRADITION
  • 11. CONCLUDING REMARKS AND SELECTED READING
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEXES
  • PLATES