'Text of the Tradition') is the authoritative Hebrew and Aramaic text of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) in Rabbinic Judaism. The Masoretic Text defines the Jewish canon and its precise letter …

What is the Masoretic Text? The Masoretic Text refers to the authoritative Hebrew and Aramaic text of the Old Testament (Tanakh) as preserved by Jewish scribes known as the Masoretes.

Masoretic text, (from Hebrew masoreth, “tradition”), traditional Hebrew text of the Jewish Bible, meticulously assembled and codified, and supplied with diacritical marks to enable correct …

Dec 8, 2017 · The Masoretic Text (MT), whether in its consonantal form (Proto-MT) or its full form, is the commonly used version of the Hebrew Bible, considered authoritative by Jews for almost two millenia.

Prior to the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest known Hebrew manuscript was the Masoretic text called the Aleppo Codex, written around 920 AD. This text is considered the most authoritative …

In 930 C.E. Aaron ben Moses ben Asher produced the first complete Bible, called the Aleppo Codex, utilizing masoretic symbols and ordering. For several centuries, various Masoretes continued to …

Jan 20, 2025 · A major shift came after the first century C.E., when Hebrew declined as a spoken language among many Jews, and scribes known as Masoretes sought to formalize the text with …