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List of Tables 5.1 Vowels used by the Tiberian Masoretes 53 5.2 Shin and sin as marked by the Tiberian Masoretes 57 5.3 Beged Kefet letters as marked by the Tiberian Masoretes 57 5.4 Vowels used by the Babylonian Masoretes 62 6.1 Methods of understanding ancient pronunciations 83 6.2 Various modern names across languages 88 6.3 “Adam” and “Eve” in various traditions 92 6.4 Various names in Hebrew and Greek 95 6.5 Some Hebrew as reflected in the Sec. 104 6.6 Some errors in Origen’s Secunda Columna 113 7.1 Some words in the Masoretic and DSS traditions, with probable pronunciations 137 7.2 Differences between the Masoretic and DSS versions of Psalm 136 143 7.3 Differences between the Masoretic and DSS versions of Samuel 11 145 8.1 A parallel passage in Kings and Chronicles 151 8.2 Different spellings in 1 Kings and 2 Chronicles 151 8.3 Different spellings in 2 Samuel and Psalm 18 155 8.4 Deuteronomy 31:1 in various traditions 158 9.1 Some linguistic terms from tractate Megillah 169 xi ...

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