The Text of the Hebrew Bible

From the Rabbis to the Masoretes

edited by Elvira Martin-Contreras and Lorena Miralles-Macia

Book cover: The Text of the Hebrew Bible

Extent: 262 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Jewish Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Journal of Ancient Judaism. Supplements

Series volume number: 13

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2014)

ISBN: 9783525550649

Price: $127.00

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This book aims to open up the discussion and research of the up-to-now unstudied period of the History of the Hebrew Bible text: the period from the apparent stabilization of the Hebrew biblical text until the standardization that is reflected in the manuscripts of biblical text, those including the Masorah (c. 2nd – 9th centuries A.D.). What took place from the time of the standardization of the consonantic text of the Hebrew Bible until the appearance of the first Masoretic codices? How was the biblical text preserved in the meantime? How was the body of notes that makes up the Masorah formed? How can the diversity of the textual traditions contained in the Masorah be explained and be consistent with the idea of a text established and standardized centuries before?


This book aims to open up the discussion and research of the up to now unstudied period of the History of the Hebrew Bible text: the period from the apparent stabilization of the Hebrew biblical text until the standardization that is reflected in the manuscripts of biblical text, those including the Masorah (c. 2nd – 9th centuries A.D.). What took place from the time of the standardization of the consonantic text of the Hebrew Bible until the appearance of the first Masoretic codices? How was the biblical text preserved in the meantime? What was the body of notes that makes up the Masorah formed? How can the diversity of the textual traditions contained in the Masorah be explained and be consistent with the idea of a text established and standardized centuries before?

  • Edited by Elvira Martin-Contreras
  • Edited by Lorena Miralles-Macia

"...specialists in particular can learn very much from its pages and further research will doubtless be stimulated by a dialogue with it. I commend it to your attention." --Dr. Jim West, Zwinglius Redivivus "This is a useful collection of essays for scholars interested in the historical transmission of the Hebrew Bible." --James R. Blankenship, John Brown University, Review of Biblical Literature 4.6.2017
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