Aaron ben Moses ben Asher

Aaron ben Moses ben Asher (in Hebrew אהרון בן משה בן אשר; in Tiberian Hebrew ʾAhărôn ben Mōšeh benʾĀšēr) (10th century, died circa 960) was a Jewish scribe who refined the Tiberian system for writing down vowel sounds in Hebrew , which is still in use today, and serves as the basis for grammatical analysis. Since his day, both handwritten manuscripts of the Tanakh and printed versions strove to emulate his achievement and continue to do so. He lived and worked in the city of Tiberias ( Hebrew טבריה) on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee ( Hebrew ים כנרת). He was descended from a long line of Masoretes , starting with someone called Asher, but nothing is known about them other than their names. His father, Moses ben Asher, is credited with writing the Cairo Codex of the Prophets (895CE); if authentic, it is among the oldest manuscripts containing a large proportion of the Hebrew Bible . Umberto Cassuto used this manuscript as the basis of his edition of the Hebrew Bible. Aaron ben Asher himself added vowelization and cantillation notes, and mesorah to the Aleppo Codex , correcting its letter-text according to the masorah. Maimonides , by accepting the views of Ben-Asher (though only in regard to open and closed sections), helped establish and spread his authority. Referring to a Bible manuscript then in Egypt, he wrote: "All relied on it, since it was corrected by Ben-Asher and was worked on and analyzed by him for many years, and was proofread many times in accordance with the masorah, and I based myself on this manuscript in the Sefer Torah that I wrote". Aaron ben Moses ben Asher was the first to take Hebrew grammar seriously. He was the first systematic Hebrew grammarian. His Sefer Dikdukei ha-Te'amim (Grammar or Analysis of the Accents) was an original collection of grammatical rules and masoretic information. Grammatical principles were not at that time considered worthy of independent study. The value of this work is that the grammatical rules presented by Ben-Asher reveal the linguistic background of vocalization for the first time. He had a tremendous influence on the world of Biblical grammar and scholarship. A rival system of note was that developed by the school of Ben Naphtali .

Aaron ben Moses ben Asher ( Hebrew : ; Tiberian Hebrew : ʾAhărôn ben Mōšeh benʾĀšēr) (10th century, died c.960) was a Jewish scribe who refined the Tiberian system of writing vowel sounds in Hebrew , which is still in use today, and serves as the basis for grammatical analysis.

Jewish scribe who refined the Tiberian system of writing vowel sounds in Hebrew "Ben Asher" redirects here. Aaron ben Moses ben Asher ( Hebrew : ; Tiberian Hebrew : ʾAhărôn ben Mōšeh benʾĀšēr; 10th century, died c.960) was a Jewish scribe who lived in Tiberias in northern Israel and refined the Tiberian system of writing vowel sounds in Hebrew , which is still in use today, and serves as the basis for grammatical analysis.

Jewish scribe who refined the Tiberian system of writing vowel sounds in Hebrew "Ben Asher" redirects here. Aaron ben Moses ben Asher ( Hebrew : אַהֲרוֹן בֶּן משֶׁה בֶּן אָשֵׁר ‎; Tiberian Hebrew : ʾAhărōn ben Mōše 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 grammatical analysis.

Jewish scribe who refined the Tiberian system of writing vowel sounds in Hebrew "Ben Asher" redirects here. 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 grammatical analysis.