<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Masoretic Text is the authoritative Hebrew text of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh . It defines the books of the Jewish canon, and also the precise letter - text of these biblical books, with their vocalization and accentuation . </P> <P> The oldest extant manuscripts of the Masoretic Text date from approximately the 9th century CE, and the Aleppo Codex (once the oldest complete copy of the Masoretic Text, but now missing its Torah section) dates from the 10th century . </P>

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