单词 | masorah |
释义 | Masorahn. Judaism. The body of rules, principles, and traditions relating to the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, developed by Jewish scholars in the 6th–9th centuries and preserved as critical notes written at the top, bottom, and in the side margins of Hebrew manuscripts of the Bible (though not included in most printed editions); an independent collection of such notes relating to a particular text. Also (occasionally): the scholars whose opinions are embodied in the Masorah, to whom is ascribed the constitution of the present Hebrew text, the addition of vowel points, etc. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Hebrew scripture > [noun] > Masorah Masoreth1583 Masorah1659 society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Hebrew scripture > [noun] > Masorah > contributor to > collectively Masorah1723 1659 B. Walton Considerator Considered 263 The Masora..was not written all at one time, nor the work of one man, or perfected in one age. 1723 S. Mather Vindic. Holy Bible i. vii. 60 These sections of the law are quoted by the Masorah, instead of chapters. 1865 C. D. Ginsburg J. ben Chajim's Rabbinic Bible p. iii Jacob ben Chajim..rescued the Massorah from perdition. 1870 J. F. Smith Ewald's Introd. Hebr. Gram. (ed. 3) 37 Since..the Massôra, or the grammatical doctrine of the schools, could not venture to alter the letters of the text. 1904 Athenæum 13 Aug. 205/2 This rather abstruse little treatise will be studied eagerly by specialists in Hebrew grammar and Masorah. 1948 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 49 8 His manuscripts were late and erroneous, and..the Massorôth which accompanied them were misleading. 1974 F. L. Cross & E. A. Livingstone Oxf. Dict. Christian Church (ed. 2) 888/1 Modern scholars now hold that the Massorah is not and never existed as an independent corpus, but that it was essentially associated with a given text form. Thus the Leningrad MS. B. 19a had its own Massorah. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1659 |
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