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The 28 pages that link to Masoretic Text, each with the reason it gives.

• Hebrew BibleRelated: It is the principal textual form underlying printed Hebrew Bibles.

• SeptuagintCompared with: Its readings sometimes differ from the older Greek forms preserved in the Septuagint.

• TorahRelated: Its scribal tradition established the standard form of the Torah’s Hebrew text.

• BibleRelated: It is the standard textual basis for most modern translations of the Hebrew Bible.

• VulgateCompared with: It provides a Hebrew textual tradition distinct from the Vulgate’s Latin wording.

• Biblical criticismRelated: It is a principal witness used to establish and interpret the Hebrew Bible’s text.

• Bible translationsRelated: It is the principal Hebrew textual basis for many translations of the Old Testament.

• King James VersionRelated: It was a principal Hebrew source for translating the Old Testament.

• Oral TorahCompared with: Its textual transmission contrasts with Oral Torah’s traditional account of transmitted interpretation.

• Deuterocanonical booksRelated: Its textual tradition underlies the Jewish canon that excludes these Greek-associated books.

• Book of JobRelated: It is the principal Hebrew textual form through which Job is read today.

• Books of KingsRelated: It is the principal Hebrew textual tradition for the Books of Kings.

• Old TestamentRelated: It underlies most modern translations of the Old Testament from Hebrew.

• Hebrew literatureRelated: Its preserved wording and reading signs shape the sound and interpretation of biblical poetry.

• Hebrew poetryRelated: Its accents and vocalization help preserve evidence for reading poetic lines aloud.

• Book of JeremiahRelated: It preserves the longer, differently ordered form of Jeremiah familiar in Jewish tradition.

• Books of SamuelRelated: It is the principal Hebrew textual basis for modern editions of Samuel.

• Biblical studiesRelated: It is a principal textual base for modern editions and translations of the Hebrew Bible.

• PsalmsRelated: Its numbering and wording underpin many Hebrew editions of the Psalms.

• Book of EstherRelated: It is the basis of the Hebrew form of Esther commonly read in Judaism.

• SamaritanismCompared with: Its readings differ from the Samaritan Pentateuch, especially in passages about Mount Gerizim.

• TargumCompared with: It offers a Hebrew textual witness against which Targum wording can be compared.

• Biblical apocryphaRelated: Its book collection became a key boundary for later Protestant assessments of apocryphal books.

• Book of NumbersRelated: It is the principal Hebrew textual form in which Numbers is read.

• SamsonRelated: It is the principal Hebrew textual basis for modern translations of Judges.

• JehovahRelated: Its vowel signs contributed to the form from which the spelling Jehovah developed.

• Methuselah (biblical patriarch)Related: Its Genesis chronology yields the familiar 969-year lifespan for Methuselah.

• Twelve Minor ProphetsRelated: Its ordering places Malachi last, shaping a different ending than many Christian arrangements.