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[b-hebrew] Where does the current masoretic text come from?

From: mike.sperling AT att.net
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [b-hebrew] Where does the current masoretic text come from?
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:12:23 +0000

I am getting into Biblical Textual Criticism. I have read Textual Criticism
of the Hebrew Bible by Tov, Textual Criticism of the Bible by Wegner, and
several articles online including those by Menachem Cohen. What I am somehow
missing, however, is where the text from which Ashkenazic Torahs are
currently written comes from. I imagine this is also the text in the
Artscroll bibles and the tikkun. I assume (wrongly, perhaps?) that it is not
the Koren, Breuer, or Mikraot Gedolot Haketer editions. It is definitely not
the text of the Second Rabbinic Bible. When and from where did this text
become standardized? Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Michael Sperling

[b-hebrew] Where does the current masoretic text come from?, mike . sperling, 11/18/2009