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urn:uuid:66f38984-04bd-4d59-ac4f-4f137c6ad6b4 03 15 9781800649217 00 EB E107 10 10 02 26326914 01 02 Semitic Languages and Cultures 01 01 Studies in the Masoretic Tradition of the Hebrew Bible 1 B01 Daniel J. Crowther Daniel J. Crowther (PhD, University of Bristol, 2015) is an Assistant Director for Langham Scholars' Ministry and a Research Associate of the Centre for Muslim and Christian Studies, Oxford. He co-edited <italic>Reading the Bible in Islamic Context</italic> and has published a number of articles in journals and collected volumes. His present research concerns the Muslim historical setting of the Tiberian Masoretic endeavour, the Ashkenazi handling of the Tiberian heritage and the varied and various interconnections between the Psalms and the Qurʾān. 2 B01 Aaron D. Hornkohl Aaron D. Hornkohl (PhD, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2012) is the author of <italic>Linguistic Periodization and the Language of Jeremiah</italic> (Brill, 2013), a translated adaptation of his doctoral dissertation, and co-editor (with Geoffrey Khan) of <italic>Studies in Semitic Vocalisation</italic> (University of Cambridge and Open Book Publishers, 2020). He teaches Hebrew in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge. His recent research focuses on the historical depth of the Tiberian reading tradition as manifested in dissonance between its written and recitation components, but he also deals with other ancient Hebrew traditions, such as Qumran Hebrew and Samaritan Hebrew, diachrony and linguistic periodisation, the Biblical Hebrew verbal system, and pragmatics. 3 B01 Geoffrey Khan Geoffrey Khan (PhD, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 1984) is Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge. His research publications focus on three main fields: Biblical Hebrew language (especially medieval traditions), Neo-Aramaic dialectology, and medieval Arabic documents. He is the general editor of <italic>The Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics</italic> and is the senior editor of <italic>Journal of Semitic Studies</italic>. His most recent book in the field of Hebrew is the two-volume <italic>The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew</italic> (University of Cambridge and Open Book Publishers, 2020). 01 eng 00 450 03 12 2CSJ 04 BS718 23 Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures 10 FOR011000 23 Hebrew Bible 12 HRCG7 23 Late Antiquity 23 Linguistics 10 REL006410 23 Archaeology and Religion 23 Early Modern period 12 HRJS 10 REL040030 12 CFF 10 LAN011000 23 Masoretic Tradition 12 HBTD 10 LAN009010 23 vocalisation signs 23 accent signs 10 LAN009050 23 oral reading 23 Masoretic notes 23 Rabbinic texts 23 Exegetical texts 01 06 03 00 This volume brings together papers on topics relating to the transmission of the Hebrew Bible from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern period. We refer to this broadly in the title of the volume as the ‘Masoretic Tradition’. The papers are innovative studies of a range of aspects of this Masoretic tradition at various periods, many of them presenting hitherto unstudied primary sources. They focus on traditions of vocalisation signs and accent signs, traditions of oral reading, traditions of Masoretic notes, as well as Rabbinic and exegetical texts. The contributors include established scholars of the field and early-career researchers. 04 00 CONTRIBUTORS .................................................................... vii PREFACE................................................................................. xi ABSTRACTS.............................................................................xv Elvira Martín-Contreras Using the Masora for Interpreting the Vocalisation and Accentuation of the Biblical Text.............................. 1 Kim Phillips The Masoretic Notes in RNL EVR II B 80+: An Initial Report................................................................. 23 Vincent D. Beiler The Marginal nun/zayin: Meaning, Purpose, Localisation................................................................... 75 Aaron D. Hornkohl Tiberian ketiv-qere and the Combined Samaritan Written-Reading Tradition: Points of Contact and Contrast....................................................................... 115 Estara J. Arrant A Further Analysis of the ‘Byzantine (Italian Levantine) Triad’ of Features in Common Torah Codices........................................................................ 163 Geoffrey Khan Hebrew Vocalisation Signs in Karaite Transcriptions of the Hebrew Bible into Arabic Script........................ 203 Yochanan Breuer Dissonance between Masoretic Vocalisation and Cantillation in Biblical Verse Division..........................243 Daniel J. Crowther Why are there Two Systems of Tiberian Ṭeʿamim? ......289 Benjamin Williams “Some Fanciful Midrash Explanation”: Derash on the Ṭeʿamim in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period ..........................................................................329 Joseph Habib Does Saadya Refer to the Accents in his Introduction to the Pentateuch? .......................................................377 INDEX...................................................................................417 Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers 04 01 20221107 02 WORLD 06 15 9781800649194 06 15 9781800649200 06 15 9781800649217 WORLD 09 Open Book Publishers 20 01