Tiberian codices

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Tiberian codices are medieval Hebrew Bible manuscripts that preserve the Tiberian vocalization and cantillation traditions used to standardize the biblical text’s pronunciation and chanting.

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Tiberian codices canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew Bible manuscript tradition
Masoretic Bible manuscripts
medieval manuscripts
associatedWith Masoretic tradition
linked to: Masorah

Tiberian Masoretes
classification Tiberian Masoretic codices
contains Masoretic notes
cantillation marks
consonantal Hebrew Bible text
vowel points
developedIn Land of Israel
linked to: Eretz HaKodesh

Tiberias
distinguishedBy full system of Tiberian vowels and accents
follows Tiberian accentuation system
Tiberian vocalization system
genre biblical manuscript
influenced later printed Hebrew Bibles
standard Masoretic Text
linked to: Masoretic Text
language Biblical Hebrew
materialForm codex
notableExample Aleppo Codex
Cairo Codex of the Prophets
Leningrad Codex
partOf Masoretic textual tradition
linked to: Masorah
precedes printed Hebrew Bible editions
preserve Tiberian cantillation
Tiberian vocalization
purpose preservation of Masoretic text
standardization of biblical chanting
standardization of biblical pronunciation
region Eastern Mediterranean
relatedTo Masorah
Masoretic Text
religiousContext Judaism
script Hebrew
standardFor traditional Hebrew Bible pronunciation
traditional synagogue chanting
subject Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
timePeriod circa 8th–11th centuries CE
early Middle Ages
use Tiberian pointing system
usedAs base text for modern critical editions of the Hebrew Bible
usedBy Jewish communities
usedFor biblical study
liturgical reading
textual transmission
writingSystem square Hebrew script

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Tiberian cantillation preservedIn Tiberian codices