Masorah - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Masorah: Encyclopedia - Masorah
Masorah or Mesora, (Hebrew מסורה) refers either to the transmission of a (religious) tradition, or to the tradition itself. In a br...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Masorah: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Masorah
Masorah (Hebrew, Jewish). The name is especially applied to a collection of notes, explanatory, grammatical and critical, which are fo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Masorah, Masoreth: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Masorah, Masoreth
Masorah or Masoreth (Hebrew) Division, separation, arrangement, supposedly based upon tradition; applied to a school of rabbis in Pale...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masoretic Text: Encyclopedia - Masoretic Text
The Masoretic Text (MT) is the Hebrew text of the Tanakh approved for general use in Judaism. It is also widely used in translations of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aleppo Codex: Encyclopedia - Aleppo Codex
The Aleppo Codex (the Keter ("Crown") Aram Tzova) is the oldest known complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible, although parts of it are c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masoretic Text: Encyclopedia Ii - Masoretic Text - History Of The Masorah
The history of the Masorah may be divided into three periods: (1) creative period, from its beginning to the introduction of vowel-signs;...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masoretic Text: Encyclopedia Ii - Masoretic Text - Critical Study
Jacob ben Hayyim ibn Adonijah, having collated a vast number of manuscripts, systematized his material and arranged the Masorah in the se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masoretic Text: Encyclopedia Ii - Masoretic Text - The Middle Ages
The two rival authorities, Ben Asher and Ben Naphtali, practically brought the Masorah to a close. Very few additions were made by the la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masoretic Text: Encyclopedia Ii - Masoretic Text - Language And Form
The language of the Masoretic notes is partly Hebrew and partly Palestinian Aramaic. The Masoretic annotations are found in various forms...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masoretic Text: Encyclopedia Ii - Masoretic Text - Fixing Of The Text
The earliest labors of the Masoretes included standardizing division of the text into books, sections, paragraphs, verses, and clauses (p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masoretic Text: Encyclopedia Ii - Masoretic Text - Differences Between Babylonia And Palestine
In the course of time, differences in spelling and pronunciation had developed not only between the schools of Palestine and of Babylonia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masoretic Text: Encyclopedia Ii - Masoretic Text - Ben Asher And Ben Naphtali
In the first half of the tenth century Aaron ben Moses ben Asher and Ben Naphtali were the leading Masoretes in Tiberias. Their names hav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masoretic Text: Encyclopedia Ii - Masoretic Text - Origin
The Talmud (and also Karaite mss.) state that a standard copy of the Hebrew Bible was kept in the court of the Temple in Jerusalem for th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astarte: Encyclopedia Ii - Astarte - ‘ashtart In Judea
The Masoretic (from "Masorah", which is a body of scribal notes that form a textual guide to the Hebrew Old Testament, compiled from the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massorah: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Massorah
Massorah.   See MASORAH   (See also: Massorah , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Masoretic Points, Vowels: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Masoretic Points, Vowels
Masoretic Points, or Vowels (Hebrew, Jewish). Or, as the system is now called, Masóra from Massoreh or Massoreth, "traditi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exegesis: Encyclopedia - Exegesis
This article discusses textual hermeneutics. For the British est offshoot, see Exegesis (group) Exegesis (from the Greek ἐξηγεῖσ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Germany - From Moses Mendelssohn 1778 To The Nazis 1933
History of the Jews in Germany - Moses Mendelssohn. Moses Mendelssohn located with true insight the point of departure for the regenera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exegesis: Encyclopedia Ii - Exegesis - In Christianity
According to some forms of Christianity, two different forms of exegesis exist: revealed and rational. Revealed exegesis considers that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Germany - Jews Under The Nazis 1930s-1940
In 1933, persecution of the Jews became active Nazi policy, but at first laws were not as rigorously obeyed and were not as devastating a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Germany - Early Settlements
The date of the first settlement of Jews in the regions called by the Romans "Germania Superior," "Germania Inferior," and "Germania Magn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Germany - Jews In Germany Since 1945
Most German Jews who survived the war in exile decided to remain abroad; however, a small number returned to Germany to rebuild democracy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Germany - Jewish Life Through The Holy Roman Empire
Fortunately, the Jews had kept their piety, their morality, and their intellectual activity. They were devoted to the study of the Halaka...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exegesis: Encyclopedia Ii - Exegesis - In Judaism
Traditional Jewish forms of exegesis appear throughout rabbinic literature, which includes the Mishnah, the two Talmuds, and the midrash ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exegesis: Encyclopedia Ii - Exegesis - In Islam
Main article: Tafsir. ... See also:Exegesis, Exegesis - In Christianity, Exegesis - Roman Catholic traditions, Exegesis - Protestant t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Jews In Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Jews In Germany - In The Holy Roman Empire
Nevertheless, the legal and civic status of the Jews was undergoing a transformation. They found a certain degree of protection with the ...   » Read the article

Article - Theosophy Sitemap I - M
This is a sitemap for Theosophy - M . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word.   ...   » Read the article