Masoretic Text (Old Testament)

GPTKB entity

Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Biblical manuscript tradition
Textual tradition
gptkbp:abbreviation MT
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:Jewish_Bible_(Tanakh)
Old Testament in most Protestant Bibles
gptkbp:category Jewish texts
Biblical Hebrew texts
Old Testament textual traditions
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkb:Talmud
gptkb:Nevi'im
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Dead_Sea_Scrolls
gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkb:Samaritan_Pentateuch
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Palestine
gptkb:Tiberias
gptkb:Babylonia
gptkb:Masoretes
7th to 10th centuries CE
gptkbp:feature Cantillation marks
Marginal notes (Masora)
Vowel points
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Masoretic Text (Old Testament)
gptkbp:language gptkb:Aramaic
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Aleppo_Codex
gptkb:Leningrad_Codex
gptkbp:preserves Traditional Hebrew text
gptkbp:purpose Preserve pronunciation and cantillation
Standardize Hebrew Bible text
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Ben_Asher_family
gptkb:Ben_Naphtali_family
gptkb:Tiberian_vocalization
gptkbp:significance Authoritative text in Rabbinic Judaism
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Judaism
gptkb:Protestant_Christianity
Modern Bible translations
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:King_James_Version
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5