Phonology and Morphology of Biblical Hebrew: An Introduction (Biblia.com)

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Phonology and Morphology of Biblical Hebrew began as an introduction to biblical Hebrew first written 40 years ago. It has now been translated from modern Hebrew, thoroughly revised, and updated; it distills a lifetime of knowledge on the topic. The introduction locates biblical Hebrew in the Semitic family of languages. Blau then discusses methods of categorization and classification, and...

1.2.9. The latest layer attested in the text of the Bible comprises the vowel and cantillation marks. These developed between ca. 600 C.E. (the date of the final redaction of the Talmud, in which they are not mentioned) and the beginning of the tenth century (when dated manuscripts are found). Such marks are, however, based on a much older tradition. Because of the sanctity of the Bible, Jews quite early started to make extraordinary efforts to preserve the holy text. The scholars who transmitted

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