Scribal Wit: Aramaic Mnemonics in the Leningrad Codex

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Scribal Wit: Aramaic Mnemonics in the Leningrad Codex

Name: Scribal Wit: Aramaic Mnemonics in the Leningrad Codex
ISBN: 9781611439045

David Marcus

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This book presents for the first time a detailed analysis of the Aramaic mnemonics, those short witty sentences written in Aramaic as memory aids, on the margins of one of the oldest extant biblical Hebrew manuscripts, that of the Leningrad Codex (1008 CE). The material is presented in clear user-friendly charts. Each mnemonic is set alongside the Hebrew verses it represents, and every Aramaic part of the mnemonic is placed on a matching line with its Hebrew equivalent, and both are highlighted in different fonts. This book demonstrates the ingenuity of the Masoretes in their grand endeavor to preserve the text of the Hebrew Bible precisely in the form that it had reached them. It explains the reason for every Masoretic note represented in the mnemonics, and presents evidence supporting the view that the Masoretes were incipient grammarians.

Catégories:

Languages
Religion & Spirituality - Bible

Année:

2013

Editeur::

Gorgias Press

Langue:

english

ISBN 10:

1611439043

ISBN 13:

9781611439045