the men of Tiberias, and Phineas the head of the academy. Ben Asher was the most famous family of the Masoretes. Moses ben Asher worked in the last half of the ninth century. His son, Aaron ben Asher, is considered the best representative of the Tiberian tradition. His system of vocalization, accents, and Masorah are considered to be the peak of masoretic activity, and it was he who created the model Aleppo Codex.51 Ben Naphtali was apparently another important Masorete, but we know of his work only