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1. Kufa

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   Kufa (Arabic: الكوفة, al-Kūfa) is a city located in modern-day Iraq Mesopotamia, situated on the left bank of the Euphrates River. Established in the 7th century CE, it rapidly developed into a critical military, administrative, and religious center during the early Islamic period. Its foundation followed the successful campaigns against the Sasanian Empire and marked a significant shift in the geopolitical orientation of the nasc…

2. Masoretes

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   The Masoretes ($\text{מְסוֹרָאִים}$, Mesoraim) were a specialized guild of Jewish scribes, scholars, and textual custodians active primarily between the 7th century CE and the 10th century CE. Operating largely out of Tiberias in Roman Palestine, their central, epoch-defining task was the standardization, preservation, and authoritative transmission of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh). Prior to their efforts, the [Hebrew script](/entries/hebrew-s…

3. Masoretic Text

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   The need for standardization arose from the inherent ambiguities of ancient Hebrew script, which traditionally recorded only consonants. As Aramaic increasingly supplanted Hebrew in daily discourse following the Babylonian exile, the oral tradition regarding pronunciation and grammatical structure began to erode among the general populace [Source: Early Christian Interpretations Of Jewish Scripture]. The Masoretes formalized these oral traditions, converting them in…