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Masorete
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Masorete, Massorete [ˈmæsəˌriːt], Masorite [ˈmæsəˌraɪt]
n
1. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) a member of the school of rabbis that produced the Masora
2. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) a Hebrew scholar who is expert in the Masora
[from Hebrew māsōreth Masora]
Masorete, Masorite
any of the Jewish scribes of the 10th century who compiled the Masora. — Masoretic, — Masoretical, adj.
See also: Judaism
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Noun1.Masorete - a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah)Masorete - a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah)
Masorite, Massorete
bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
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Luther expressed this most vitriolically in his 1543 treatise "On the Jews and their Lies," but he generally shows disdain for the rabbis and has an almost paranoic fear that the Massoretes had used the addition of vowel points to deform the Bible and make of it something which did not conform to the New Testament.
Reading the Old Testament with Martin Luther--and without him by Klein, Ralph W. / Currents in Theology and Mission
Its pronunciation was fixed by the Massoretes (6th -- 10th Century, C.
The etymology of Totafot by Rand, Herbert / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought
 
 
 
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