The Masora on Scripture and Its Methods / / Yosef Ofer.

The starting point for any study of the Bible is the text of the Masora, as designed by the Masoretes. The ancient manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible contain thousands of Masora comments of two types: Masora Magna and Masora Prava. How does this complex defense mechanism, which contains counting of wor...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2019 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]
©2019
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Fontes et Subsidia ad Bibliam pertinentes , 7
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XII, 286 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part I: The Biblical Masora and its Methods
  • 1. What is the Masora?
  • 2. Methods of Description and Classification
  • 3. Determining Orthography on the Basis of Masoretic Notes
  • 4. The Accumulative Masora
  • 5. Open and Closed Passages and the Writing of Songs
  • 6. Ketiv and Qere
  • 7. The Masora on Scripture as an “Error Correcting Code”
  • Part II: The Masoretic Text in Time and Space
  • 8. The Aleppo Codex and its Discovery
  • 9. The Babylonian Masora and Its Influence
  • 10. The Masoretic Text and its Role in the History of the Text of Scripture
  • 11. Secondary Stress Marks (Ge’ayot) – in Manuscripts and in Printed Editions
  • 12. Published Editions of the Hebrew Bible – and Their Relation to the Masora and the Aleppo Codex
  • Part III: The Masora in Interaction with Other Disciplines
  • 13. The Masora and Hebrew Grammar
  • 14. The Masora and Biblical Exegesis
  • 15. The Masora and Halakha
  • Index of Manuscripts
  • Index of People
  • Index of Terms