Masorah
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Masorah is the body of Jewish tradition that preserves and transmits the authoritative text, pronunciation, and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible within Rabbinic Judaism.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Masoretic Text | 9 |
| Masoretes | 6 |
| Masorah canonical | 4 |
| Masorah magna | 4 |
| Masorah parva | 4 |
| Masoretic tradition | 3 |
| Masoretic vocalization | 2 |
| Masoretic Text tradition | 1 |
| Masoretic accentuation | 1 |
| Masoretic notes | 1 |
| Masoretic schools | 1 |
| Palestinian Masoretic school | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T635356 — 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.
Target entity: Masorah Context triple: [Rabbinic Judaism, hasConcept, Masorah]
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A.
Tannaim
The Tannaim were early rabbinic sages of roughly the 1st–3rd centuries CE whose teachings form the core of the Mishnah and laid the foundation for classical Jewish law and tradition.
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B.
Sibawayh
Sibawayh was an 8th-century Persian scholar whose foundational treatise on Arabic grammar, al-Kitāb, established the systematic study and rules of Classical Arabic.
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C.
Bnei Mikra
Bnei Mikra is a self-designation used by Karaite Jews, emphasizing their identity as a community that bases its beliefs and practices directly on the Hebrew Scriptures.
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D.
Midrash
Midrash is a classical Jewish literary and interpretive tradition that explores, explains, and expands upon the Hebrew Bible through narrative, legal, and ethical teachings.
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E.
Arba’ah Turim
Arba’ah Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes and clarifies halakhic rulings for practical religious life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Masorah Target entity description: 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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A.
Tannaim
The Tannaim were early rabbinic sages of roughly the 1st–3rd centuries CE whose teachings form the core of the Mishnah and laid the foundation for classical Jewish law and tradition.
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B.
Sibawayh
Sibawayh was an 8th-century Persian scholar whose foundational treatise on Arabic grammar, al-Kitāb, established the systematic study and rules of Classical Arabic.
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C.
Bnei Mikra
Bnei Mikra is a self-designation used by Karaite Jews, emphasizing their identity as a community that bases its beliefs and practices directly on the Hebrew Scriptures.
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D.
Midrash
Midrash is a classical Jewish literary and interpretive tradition that explores, explains, and expands upon the Hebrew Bible through narrative, legal, and ethical teachings.
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E.
Arba’ah Turim
Arba’ah Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes and clarifies halakhic rulings for practical religious life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish tradition
ⓘ
biblical tradition ⓘ textual tradition ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
ensure accurate transmission
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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
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preservation of interpretation ⓘ preservation of pronunciation ⓘ standardization of scriptural text ⓘ transmission of authoritative biblical text ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Hebrew cantillation
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Jewish biblical exegesis ⓘ Masorah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Masoretic Text
Tiberian cantillation ⓘ
surface form:
Tiberian vocalization
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| religiousContext | Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ |
| transmissionMode |
oral tradition
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scribal tradition ⓘ written marginal notes ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Jewish liturgical readers
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Jewish scribes ⓘ rabbinic scholars ⓘ |
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Subject: Masorah Description of subject: Masorah is the body of Jewish tradition that preserves and transmits the authoritative text, pronunciation, and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible within Rabbinic Judaism.
Referenced by (37)
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