Finalization Of Hebrew Pentateuch (Masoretic Text) 100 CE

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Finalization Of Hebrew Pentateuch (Masoretic Text) ~100 CE

Finalization of Hebrew Bible if gematria was necessary for structuring; Biblical Hebrew now fully written in Ktav Ashuri (Aramaic letters).

The Masoretic Text, the authoritative Hebrew text of the Jewish Bible, was not finalized until the 1st–2nd century CE.

Before that, different textual traditions coexisted, including The Dead Sea Scrolls texts, The Septuagint (Greek) text, The Samaritan Pentateuch.

The Pharisees and later Rabbis (1st century CE – 2nd century CE) played a role in standardizing the Hebrew text.

Chironomy reveals the connection of hand gestures to the correct reading of the Masoretic Hebrew, suggesting earlier origins of the phonetic meanings.

"I detect in the Hebrew system a fairly complex but analyzable symmetry of tension followed by resolution" — Saul Levin