Ask AI: When was Masoretic text written?

The **Masoretic Text** (MT) refers to the authoritative Hebrew text of the Jewish Bible (Tanakh), as established by Jewish scholars known as the **Masoretes**. The Masoretes worked between the **6th and 10th centuries CE**, primarily in the regions of Tiberias, Jerusalem, and Babylonia. - The **earliest complete manuscripts** of the Masoretic Text, such as the Aleppo Codex and the Leningrad Codex, date from the **10th and early 11th centuries CE**. - The textual traditions and notes that make up the Masoretic system (including vowels and cantillation marks) were **developed and standardized during the 7th–10th centuries CE**. **In summary:** - The text itself is much older, but the standardized Masoretic version was finalized **between the 6th and 10th centuries CE**. - The oldest full surviving manuscripts are from the **10th–11th centuries CE**.

The Masoretic Text was written between about 500 and 1000 AD.