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Re: cantillation of KATONTI
- From: Cantor Neil & Katie Schwartz <schwartz...>
- Subject: Re: cantillation of KATONTI
- Date: Tue 09 Jan 1996 02.32 (GMT)
>Genesis 32:10 (32:11 in some editions)
>
>The word Katonti is punctuated as revi'a in some editions and as geresh in
>others. Such differences are rarely found.
>Koren: revi'a
>Mikraot Gedolot: revi'a
>BHS: geresh
>Breuer: geresh
>BHS (Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia) and Breuer (Rabbi Mordecai Breuer's
>edition of the Tanakh published by Mossad HaRav Kuk in Jerusalem) are both
>based on the Leningrad MS (1109 c.e.), the earliest complete MS of the
>Masoretic Bible, thought to be a reliable copy of Ben-Asher's punctuation.
>I'm not sure what the source of the Koren Bible is, but the Mikra'ot Gedolot
>(Rabbinic Bibles) are generally based on the Venetian Bible, 1524.
>When in doubt, I would follow BHS.
>A similar example can be found in Psalm 145:12.
Shalom. Nice summary. Is this by any chance Josh Jacobson? You didn't
sign the posting, but it sounds like the level of scholarship that I know
Josh J. usually presents.
Two comments. As I'm sure you know even better than I, there is a
completely different system of Ta'amim used for the "EMeT" books: Job,
Proverbs, and Psalms. While proof of word relationships can be drawn from
these 3 books, the Trope "helfn gor nisht".
Secondly, I believe that the Koren edition of the TaNaCH was based on the
Aleppo Codex. All my resources are at work and I am snowed in here at home
(still), but that seems to ring a bell. If you have a copy of the Breuer,
I am jealous. I have the others you mention, but not that one. Any idea
where I can get one? How about a complete Mikra'ot G'dolot? I only have
access to Chumash volumes.
Todah Rabbah,
Cantor Neil Schwartz
Cantor Neil Schwartz
or
Katie Schwartz, B.S.I.
schwartz (at) enter(dot)net