Confirming What is Written: The Masoretic Term Yafeh

The term yafeh (‘correct’) is used almost exclusively in the Masora Parva of the Cairo Codex of the Prophets. The analysis and study of the seventy-five occurrences show that its main role is to confirm what is written in the text in spite of its peculiarity, but not to explain that peculiarity. The...

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Autor: Martín Contreras, Elvira
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Masora
Main Tiberian codices
Textual criticism
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spelling Confirming What is Written: The Masoretic Term YafehMartín Contreras, ElviraMasoraMain Tiberian codicesTextual criticismThe term yafeh (‘correct’) is used almost exclusively in the Masora Parva of the Cairo Codex of the Prophets. The analysis and study of the seventy-five occurrences show that its main role is to confirm what is written in the text in spite of its peculiarity, but not to explain that peculiarity. Therefore, it is not another Masoretic term to note a specific feature in the text. It seems that the term yafeh is directly related to the transmission process rather than to the description of the text. This use could be a reflection on an early stage of the Masoretic practices. Moreover, the scarce or even null use of the term in the other main Tiberian manuscripts and the different treatment they give to the same features all suggest the existence of a different layer among those manuscripts in the transmission of the biblical text.This study was done under the auspices of the research project entitled “The Role of the Rabbinic Literature in the Textual Transmission of the Hebrew Bible. II” (Ref: FFI2011-22888) within the R+D Programme of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN).Peer reviewedBrill Academic PublishersMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)Martín Contreras, Elvira [0000-0001-6217-9390]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]201920192018info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Postprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/194076reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//FFI2011-22888https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-12341340Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/1940762026-05-22T06:33:51Z
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title Confirming What is Written: The Masoretic Term Yafeh
spellingShingle Confirming What is Written: The Masoretic Term Yafeh
Martín Contreras, Elvira
Masora
Main Tiberian codices
Textual criticism
title_short Confirming What is Written: The Masoretic Term Yafeh
title_full Confirming What is Written: The Masoretic Term Yafeh
title_fullStr Confirming What is Written: The Masoretic Term Yafeh
title_full_unstemmed Confirming What is Written: The Masoretic Term Yafeh
title_sort Confirming What is Written: The Masoretic Term Yafeh
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Martín Contreras, Elvira
author Martín Contreras, Elvira
author_facet Martín Contreras, Elvira
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Martín Contreras, Elvira [0000-0001-6217-9390]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
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Main Tiberian codices
Textual criticism
topic Masora
Main Tiberian codices
Textual criticism
description The term yafeh (‘correct’) is used almost exclusively in the Masora Parva of the Cairo Codex of the Prophets. The analysis and study of the seventy-five occurrences show that its main role is to confirm what is written in the text in spite of its peculiarity, but not to explain that peculiarity. Therefore, it is not another Masoretic term to note a specific feature in the text. It seems that the term yafeh is directly related to the transmission process rather than to the description of the text. This use could be a reflection on an early stage of the Masoretic practices. Moreover, the scarce or even null use of the term in the other main Tiberian manuscripts and the different treatment they give to the same features all suggest the existence of a different layer among those manuscripts in the transmission of the biblical text.
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