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The Masoretes (Hebrew: בַּעֲלֵי הַמָּסוֹרָה, romanized: Baʿălēy Hammāsōrā, lit. 'Masters of the Tradition') were groups of Jewish scribe-scholars who worked from around the end of the 5th through 10th centuries CE, [1] [2] based primarily in the Jewish centers of the Levant (e.g., Tiberias and Jerusalem) and Mesopotamia (e.g., Sura and Nehardea). [3]
Timelines for Jewish History. The Dinur Center & The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Interactive, searchable, filterable Jewish history timeline from the Gannopedia – Timeline from Abraham to the end of the Talmud i.e. 500 CE. Timeline for the History of Judaism; The History of the Jewish People The Jewish Agency
Jeshbab the Scribe (or Yeshbab the Scribe, Hebrew: יְשֵבָב הַסוֹפֵר, Yəšēḇāḇ haSōfēr) was a third generation Jewish Tanna sage, at the beginning of the 2nd century C.E. He was a disciple of Joshua ben Hananiah and a colleague of Rabbi Akiva .
A sofer at work, Ein Bokek, Israel A sofer sews together the pieces of parchment A sofer, sopher, sofer SeTaM, or sofer ST"M (Hebrew: סופר סת״ם, "scribe"; plural soferim, סופרים) is a Jewish scribe who can transcribe Sifrei Kodesh (holy scrolls), tefillin (phylacteries), mezuzot (ST"M, סת״ם, is an abbreviation of these three terms) and other religious writings.
According to Josephus, Baruch was a Jewish aristocrat, a son of Neriah and brother of Seraiah ben Neriah, chamberlain of King Zedekiah of Judah. [2] [3]Baruch became the scribe of the prophet Jeremiah and wrote down the first and second editions of his prophecies as they were dictated to him. [4]
Aaron ben Moses ben Asher (Hebrew: אַהֲרוֹן בֶּן משֶׁה בֶּן אָשֵׁר, romanized: ʾAhăron ben Moše ben ʾĀšēr; 10th century, died c. 960) was a sofer (Jewish scribe) who lived in Tiberias. He perfected the Tiberian system of writing vowel sounds in Hebrew. The system is still in use today, serving as the basis for ...
Jesus Ben Sirach 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Ben Sira or Joshua ben Sirach (Hebrew: שמעון בן יהושע בן אליעזר בן סירא, romanized: šimʿon ben yəhošuʿ ben ʾəliʿezer ben Sirā) (fl. 2nd century BCE) was a Hellenistic Jewish scribe, sage, and allegorist from Seleucid-controlled Jerusalem of the Second Temple period.
Most influential scribe of his generation (Post-war) Mordechai Pinchas: 20th and 21st centuries UK modern orthodox scribe www.sofer.co.uk: Aviel Barclay: 20th and 21st centuries Canada, first certified soferet of modern times Jen Taylor Friedman: 20th and 21st centuries First Torah by a soferet of modern times Julie Seltzer: 20th and 21st centuries