One of the barriers involved in teaching students of Biblical Hebrew about the Masorah is the lack of introductory literature on the subject. Although a lot of information about the Masorah is available in print, most of it is in technical professional journals or encyclopedia articles. Scattered about in disparate sources, often not in English, this literature is easier to ignore than it is to incorporate into introductory Hebrew classes. As a result, most students of Biblical Hebrew complete their studies without any ...
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One of the barriers involved in teaching students of Biblical Hebrew about the Masorah is the lack of introductory literature on the subject. Although a lot of information about the Masorah is available in print, most of it is in technical professional journals or encyclopedia articles. Scattered about in disparate sources, often not in English, this literature is easier to ignore than it is to incorporate into introductory Hebrew classes. As a result, most students of Biblical Hebrew complete their studies without any background on the Masorah. This volume fills this gap by providing an introduction and glossary to the Masorah of the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Although the volume could be used by any student of the Hebrew Bible, it is specifically designed to be helpful for students who are just learning Hebrew. Thus it can serve as an important parallel text for second semester or second year Hebrew courses. The introductory chapters give an overview of the field of Masoretic studies and explain the mechanics of using the Masorah of BHS. The annotated glossary provides students with definitions and explanations for most of the terms used in BHS, including examples.
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This book comprises two parts: 72 pages (including the preface) of introduction to the masorah of the Hebrew Bible (what it is, how it came to be in its present form and the issues associated with it); and a glossary of Masoretic terms. The author makes no assumptions about the reader (apart from their interest in the marginalia of the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, BHS), so this makes the book a great starting point for the student wanting to get to grips with BHS. The background is also of wider interest to bible scholars who want to gain a better understanding of the Masoretes and their work, without necessarily grappling with the detail of the Hebrew text in BHS (though they might prefer to borrow a copy, if they can).
The glossary is the majority of the work, comprising 124 pages of glossary of Masoretic terms (listed alefbetically, but laid out Western-style to conform to the rest of the book). Each term is defined and accompanied by one or more examples from BHS, which are also translated, annotated and cross-referenced to Weil's Massorah Gedolah.
Finally, there are 24 pages of bibliography and a scripture index.
As a rookie, I am not qualified to comment on the completeness or the accuracy of this work, but it seems comprehensive. It is certainly well written and clearly printed, making it surprisingly readable. I expect to use this as a valuable reference work.
