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1. Masoretes

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   Legacy and Textual Authority
   The standardization achieved by the Masoretes effectively silenced competing textual traditions, such as those reflected in the Samaritan Pentateuch or certain fragments found at Qumran. By the end of the early medieval period, the Tiberian system became the universal standard for Hebrew text setting. Although the final standardization of the full vocalizati…