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The document discusses Hebrew cantillation, which is the ritual chanting of readings from the Hebrew Bible in synagogue services. Cantillation uses musical motifs associated with special signs or marks printed in the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible to guide its chanting. Three historical systems of Hebrew punctuation are described - the Babylonian, Palestinian, and Tiberian systems. The current Tiberian system was developed in the 10th century and spread to be universally accepted by the 13th century. Ca
- Author
- Katty Urrutia
- Language
- EN