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1. Masoretic Text

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   The Ben Asher Dynasty
   The ultimate authority for the standardized MT rests largely with the Tiberian school, particularly the work of the Ben Asher family. Aaron ben Moses ben Asher (fl. c. 900–950 CE) finalized the textual apparatus, setting the definitive rules for vowelization and accentuation. His critical work, Diqduqei HaTe'amim (The Grammar of the Accents)/), provided the theoretical underpinning for the final canonical vers…

2. Tiberian Vocalization System

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   The development of Tiberian Vocalization arose from a perceived crisis in textual transmission following the standardization efforts of the Masoretes. As the knowledge of vernacular Hebrew declined in the early medieval period, particularly in the diaspora, the need arose to affix the inherited melodic and phonetic contours onto the written text itself [1]. While earlier systems, such as the Babylonian vocalization tradition, utilized a supralinear approach, th…