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Masoretes — For the Israeli term for Tradition Keeper or Traditionalist non Orthodox observance, see Shomer Masoret. For Conservative Judaism outside the U.S., see Masorti. See also: Masoretic text The Masoretes (ba alei hamasorah, Hebrew בעלי המסורה) were… … Wikipedia
MASORAH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: 1. THE TRANSMISSION OF THE BIBLE 1.1. THE SOFERIM 1.2. WRITTEN TRANSMISSION 1.2.1. Methods of Writing 1.2.1.1. THE ORDER OF THE BOOKS 1.2.1.2. SEDARIM AND PARASHIYYOT … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MUSIC — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction written sources of direct and circumstantial evidence the material relics and iconography notated sources oral tradition archives and important collections of jewish music… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Tetragrammaton — For other uses, see Tetragrammaton (disambiguation). YHWH redirects here. For discussion of the God of Israel as described in the Hebrew Bible, and the Yahweh of ancient Semitic religion, see Yahweh. The Mesha Stele bears the earliest known… … Wikipedia
Qere and Ketiv — Qere and Ketiv, from the Aramaic qere or q re , Hebrew|קרי ( [what is] read ) and ketiv , or ketib , kethib , kethibh , kethiv , Hebrew|כְּתִיב ( [what is] written ), refer to a small number of differences between what is written in the… … Wikipedia
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Yahweh — For information about Yahweh, see God in Abrahamic religions, which provides useful links. Yahweh is an English transliteration of he. יַהְוֶה a 19th century proposed punctuation of he. יהוה (the Tetragrammaton), which is the distinctive personal … Wikipedia
Biblical Hebrew — Biblical Hebrew, Classical Hebrew שְֹפַת כְּנַעַן, יְהוּדִית, (לְשוֹן) עִבְרִית … Wikipedia
biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… … Universalium
BEN-ASHER, AARON BEN MOSES — (called Abu Saʿid in Arabic; first half of tenth century), last and most important of a family of masoretes active in Tiberias for five generations, from the second half of the eighth century. That Ben Asher lived in the first half of the tenth… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
