The Talmud [[jref-en:Ketubot 106a|Ketubot 106a]] states that a standard copy of the Hebrew Bible was kept in the court of the Temple in Jerusalem for the benefit of copyists; there were paid correctors of Biblical books among the officers of the Temple. <ref>This copy is mentioned in the ''Aristeas Letter '' (§ 30; comp. Blau, Studien zum Althebr. Buchwesen, p. 100); in the statements of Philo (preamble to his "Analysis of the Political Constitution of the Jews") and in Josephus (Contra Ap. Apion i. 8).</ref>
The Talmud Yerushalmi [[jref-en:Ta'anit lxviii. 168a|Ta'anit 68a]], perhaps referring to an earlier time, says that while the Temple was still standing, standard codices of the Pentateuch were officially recognized. These were deposited in the court of the Temple and served as models for accuracy. According to the passage quoted, three were known by the following names respectively: ''Sefer Me'on,'' called on account of its reading instead of [[Deutonomy jref-en:Devarim 33#27|Deuteronomy 33:27]]; ''Sefer Za'aṭuṭe,'' because of its reading instead of [[jref-en:Shemos 24#5|Exodus 24#:5]]; and "''Sefer Hi," '' because of its reading with a ''yod'' in nine passages instead of eleven. The ''Masorites'', too, seem to have consulted standard manuscripts celebrated for their accuracy in the redaction of the text and in the compilation of the ''Masoretic'' glosses.
Though only It is a tenet of halachic Judaism that the Aleppo and Leningrad manuscripts have ''Tenach'' (Bible) has been preservedin its entirety from its original writing until today. Minor variations are mentioned in rabbinic literature, but Jewish law has not found these to imply any differences in meaning or in implication. (This fact has been reinforced by modern scholars who have analyzed the following Qumran fragments, see below, indicating that they confirm that the meaning and implication of the text has remained faithful to what we now call the Masoretic Text for more than two thousand years). The first nine manuscripts described below are referred to as authorities in almost every manuscript of importance:. The Aleppo and Leningrad manuscripts have been preserved until the present time.
==Codex Muggeh (ספר מוגה)==
i.e., the corrected Codex: Quoted by the Masorites either by its full title () ''Sefer Muggeh'' or simply as "''Muggeh" ()''.
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/9597 חומש מקראות גדולות בראשית]
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/9596 חומש מקראות גדולות שמות]
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/9754 חומש מקראות גדולות ויקרא]
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/14084 חומש מקראות גדולות במדבר]
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/9617 חומש מקראות גדולות דברים]
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/14020 מקראות גדולות - בראשית]
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/14084 מקראות גדולות - במדבר]
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/14085 מקראות גדולות - דברים]
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/14264 מקראות גדולות - יהושע]* מקראות גדולות - שופטים]
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/14258 מקראות גדולות - שמואל]
* [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/14263 מקראות גדולות - מלכים]
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