Masorah

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Jewish tradition biblical tradition textual tradition

Masorah is the body of Jewish tradition that preserves and transmits the authoritative text, pronunciation, and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible within Rabbinic Judaism.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Masoretic Text 9
Masoretes 3
Masorah magna 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish tradition ⓘ
biblical tradition ⓘ
textual tradition ⓘ
aimsTo ensure accurate transmission ⓘ
maintain uniformity of biblical text ⓘ
prevent textual corruption ⓘ
appliesTo consonantal text of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
public Torah reading ⓘ
vocalized text of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
associatedWith Masorah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Masoretes
concerns Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Tanakh ⓘ
developedBy Masorah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Masoretes
distinguishedFrom Halakha ⓘ
surface form: Halakhah

Midrash ⓘ
geographicRegion Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: Babylonia

Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ
surface form: Land of Israel

Tiberias ⓘ
historicalPeriod Geonic period ⓘ
surface form: Geonic era

early Middle Ages ⓘ
includes Masorah finalis ⓘ
Masorah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Masorah magna

Masorah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Masorah parva

Leningrad Codex ⓘ
surface form: Masoretic Text

Masorah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Masoretic notes

cantillation marks ⓘ
orthographic traditions ⓘ
qere and ketiv readings ⓘ
vocalization system ⓘ
influenced Jewish biblical commentary ⓘ
Jewish liturgy ⓘ
textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
primaryFunction preservation of authoritative biblical text ⓘ
preservation of interpretation ⓘ
preservation of pronunciation ⓘ
standardization of scriptural text ⓘ
transmission of authoritative biblical text ⓘ
relatedConcept Hebrew cantillation ⓘ
Jewish biblical exegesis ⓘ
Masorah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Masoretic Text

Tiberian cantillation ⓘ
surface form: Tiberian vocalization
religiousContext Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
transmissionMode oral tradition ⓘ
scribal tradition ⓘ
written marginal notes ⓘ
usedBy Jewish liturgical readers ⓘ
Jewish scribes ⓘ
rabbinic scholars ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Masorah → associatedWith → Masorah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masoretes
Mikraot Gedolot → contains → Masorah ⓘ
Masorah → developedBy → Masorah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masoretes
te'amim → developedBy → Masorah ⓘ
subject surface form: Te'amim
this entity surface form: Masoretes
this entity surface form: Masoretic vocalization
this entity surface form: Masoretic accentuation
this entity surface form: Masorah parva
this entity surface form: Masorah magna
Rabbinic Judaism → hasConcept → Masorah ⓘ
Masorah → includes → Masorah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masoretic notes
Masorah → includes → Masorah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masorah parva
Masorah → includes → Masorah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masorah magna
Boaz → mentionedIn → Masorah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masoretic Text
te'amim → partOf → Masorah ⓘ
subject surface form: Te'amim
this entity surface form: Masoretic Text tradition
Books of Kings → preservedIn → Masorah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masoretic Text
Masorah → relatedConcept → Masorah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masoretic Text
te'amim → relatedTo → Masorah ⓘ
subject surface form: Te'amim
this entity surface form: Masoretic vocalization
this entity surface form: Masoretic Text
this entity surface form: Masoretic Text
Habakkuk → textualTradition → Masorah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Masoretic Text
this entity surface form: Masoretic Text
this entity surface form: Masoretic Text
this entity surface form: Masoretic Text