Przechować nienaruszone – wokół masoreckiej tradycji judaizmu
Preserving the Intact – On the Masoretic Tradition of Judaism

Summary/Abstract: Keeping the text of the Jewish Holy Scriptures intact is a goal that has accompanied many gene rations of adherents of Judaism. The conviction that the biblical text is the Word of God obliged to a scrupulous care for faithful transmission. Jewish scholars called Masoretes developed a system of accents and vowels for the texts of the Hebrew Bible. Their mission also included ensuring that nothing was altered in the transcription of the sacred texts. The statistics they included at the end of the books and the marginal notes became a safeguard for the message. The results of their work are an invaluable contribution to biblical and cultural studies.

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