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.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3745279 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Masoretic Text Context triple: [Psalm 90, includedIn, Masoretic Text]
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A.
Septuagint
The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that became the primary Old Testament text for early Christians and Greek-speaking Jews.
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B.
Textus Receptus
Textus Receptus is a traditional printed Greek New Testament text compiled in the 16th century that became the primary basis for many early Protestant Bible translations.
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C.
Leningrad Codex
The Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, produced by the Masoretic tradition around 1008–1010 CE and serving as a primary textual basis for modern critical editions.
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D.
Peshitta
The Peshitta is the standard Syriac version of the Bible, historically central to Syriac Christianity’s scripture and liturgy.
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E.
Masorah
Masorah is the body of Jewish tradition that preserves and transmits the authoritative text, pronunciation, and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible within Rabbinic Judaism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Masoretic Text Target entity description: 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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A.
Septuagint
The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that became the primary Old Testament text for early Christians and Greek-speaking Jews.
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B.
Textus Receptus
Textus Receptus is a traditional printed Greek New Testament text compiled in the 16th century that became the primary basis for many early Protestant Bible translations.
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C.
Leningrad Codex
The Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, produced by the Masoretic tradition around 1008–1010 CE and serving as a primary textual basis for modern critical editions.
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D.
Peshitta
The Peshitta is the standard Syriac version of the Bible, historically central to Syriac Christianity’s scripture and liturgy.
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E.
Masorah
Masorah is the body of Jewish tradition that preserves and transmits the authoritative text, pronunciation, and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible within Rabbinic Judaism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| 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 |
Masorah
ⓘ
surface form:
Masoretes
|
| feature |
Masorah
ⓘ
surface form:
Masorah magna
Masorah ⓘ
surface form:
Masorah parva
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
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
surface form:
Biblical Hebrew
|
| notableScholar |
Aaron ben Asher
ⓘ
surface form:
Aaron ben Moses ben Asher
|
| notableSchool |
Babylonian Talmudic academies
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian Masoretic school
Masorah ⓘ
surface form:
Palestinian Masoretic school
Tiberian cantillation ⓘ
surface form:
Tiberian Masoretic school
|
| preservedIn |
Aleppo Codex fragments
ⓘ
surface form:
Aleppo Codex
Leningrad Codex ⓘ |
| primaryLocationOfActivity |
Mesopotamia
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
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 |
Masorah
ⓘ
surface form:
Masoretes
|
| timePeriod |
10th century CE
ⓘ
7th century CE ⓘ 8th century CE ⓘ 9th century CE ⓘ |
| usedAs | authoritative Hebrew Bible text in Judaism ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Karaite Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Karaite Judaism
Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Masoretic Text Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (52)
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