The Masorah of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: Introduction and Annotated GlossaryOne of the barriers involved in teaching students of Biblical Hebrew about the Masorah is the lack of introductory literature on the subject. Although a lot of information about the Masorah is available in print, most of it is in technical professional journals or encyclopedia articles. Scattered about in disparate sources, often not in English, this literature is easier to ignore than it is to incorporate into introductory Hebrew classes. As a result, most students of Biblical Hebrew complete their studies without any background on the Masorah. This volume fills this gap by providing an introduction and glossary to the Masorah of the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Although the volume could be used by any student of the Hebrew Bible, it is specifically designed to be helpful for students who are just learning Hebrew. Thus it can serve as an important parallel text for second semester or second year Hebrew courses. The introductory chapters give an overview of the field of Masoretic studies and explain the mechanics of using the Masorah of BHS. The annotated glossary provides students with definitions and explanations for most of the terms used in BHS, including examples. |
Contents
II | 3 |
III | 4 |
IV | 6 |
VI | 7 |
VII | 9 |
VIII | 13 |
IX | 15 |
X | 16 |
XXVIII | 49 |
XXIX | 50 |
XXXI | 52 |
XXXII | 53 |
XXXIII | 54 |
XXXIV | 56 |
XXXVI | 58 |
XXXVII | 59 |
Common terms and phrases
10th Congress Aaron ben Asher accent Aleppo Codex Amorites apparatus Aramaic Asher atnah Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia Biblical Chapter Codex concordance Congress of IOMS correct order dagesh Deut edition Elias Levita emendations Example exceptions Exod Ezek Ezra form occurs Genesis Ginsburg Hebrew Bible holem index number IOMS Jerusalem Josh Judg Ketiv lacking letters manuscripts margin Masorah Masoretic notes Masoretic Studies Masoretic Text Massorah Gedolah minority reading Missoula mnemonic Mp note Mp sub loco Mp to occurrences Mynatt Naphtali occurs only once occurs twice passages patah Pentateuch plene forms prefixed preposition Prophets Prov qamets Qere reader Reference source Scholars Press spelled student syllable textual Textus Tiberian Masorah Tiqqune Sopherim Torah tradition treatise type of note verse vowel written defectively written plene Yeivin zaqef בליש דכות ב מ וחד מן וכל חד כת מ א מילין מל מנה פסוק
Popular passages
Page 2 - Truly I have committed errors, for there is no man who does not err ; so that my error cleaves to me. I pray, therefore, that whoever understands and knows them, may correct my errors according to his wisdom.