title: The Masorah of Elijah ha-Naqdan
abstract: The Karaites, defended by Judah Hadassi (writing in Eshkol ha-Kofer, in 1149), considered that everything in the biblical text was holy, including every detail of its vocalization and accentuation. See Dotan 2007, 2.2.4. 22 Mishne Torah, Sefer Ahavah, Hilkhot Sefer Torah, 8:5: "The book/codex (sefer) on wich I base myself for these matters [copy of the Scrolls] is a book/codex (sefer) which is popular in Egypt, which includes twenty-four books and which was in Jerusalem for some years, where it 