Description:
Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) is a detailed and up-to-date presentation of the available evidence for the transmission of the text of the Hebrew Bible. It has been reworked from scratch by an international and interdenominational team of scholars. The textual basis of the new edition is the oldest fully preserved manuscript of the Hebrew Bible, known as the Codex Leningradensis.
Ezra and Nehemiah, edited by David Marcus (New York), is volume twenty of the complete BHQ series.
At the beginning of each volume, there is a table of accents, a glossary for the Masorah parva, a list of the definitions and abbreviations used to characterize the readings, and a useful sample page that illustrates the features of the layout. Each volume ends with a detailed yet succinct discussion of the textual witnesses for each biblical book that contains a wealth of helpful information, and the manuscripts and critical editions of the texts are clearly annotated.
The text-critical apparatus has been completely redesigned in this edition and the material presented has been greatly expanded. All significant variants from the Qumran texts are now listed in full. For the first time, the edition also contains a detailed commentary section that makes academic work easier. It offers an introduction to each biblical book in which the relevant textual witnesses are characterized and their use in the critical apparatus is explained. Particularly practical: The commentary section not only contains numerous in-depth comments on individual text-critical questions, but also a translation of the large masorah and explanations of the small masorah. Both the commentary section and the text-critical apparatus are written in English.
At a glance:
- The text of the Leningrad Codex, corrected from new color photographs of the codex
- The Masorah magna and Masorah parva from the Leningrad Codex
- A single apparatus with all relevant textual variants at the bottom of the page
- All available pre-Tiberian witnesses for each textual case are noted
- At least two other Tiberian codices are collated for each book
- The Qumran and Judean Desert fragments are collated
- Extensive commentary
Other volumes in the series:
9781619708389 Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) Vol 01: Genesis
9781683074038 Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) Vol 03: Leviticus
9781598561982 Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) Vol 05: Deuteronomy
9781598563870 Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) Vol 07: Judges
9781598563863 Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) Vol 13: The Twelve Minor Prophets
9783438052766 Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) Vol 16: Job
9781598563092 Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) Vol 17: Proverbs
9781598561821 Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) Vol 18: General Introduction and Megilloth
Review Quotes: ""Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) ", the successor of "BHS", aims to contribute to a deeper insight into the history of its text, and thus to a better understanding of the text itself. It uses Codex Leningrad as the central text, presented on the upper half of the page, while the accompanying apparatus appears on the lower half.
"Each volume contains a large number of useful lists and tablets. At the beginning of each volume, there is a table of accents, a glossary for the "Masorah parva", a list of the definitions and abbreviations used to characterize the readings, and a very useful sample page that illustrates the features of the layout. The volume on the "Megilloth" further contains a general introduction that provides a brief overview of the various manuscripts used and a discussion of the manner in which they are used in the "BHQ". The volumes read right to left. As a result, the English text of the general introduction, as well as that of the ensuing tables and lists, reads backwards.
"Each volume ends with a detailed discussion of the textual witnesses of each biblical book. This discussion is a wealth of information. The layout is succinct and the used manuscripts and critical editions of texts are clearly annotated. In addition, it reads left to right which facilitates the reading.
"The section Hebrew Witnesses' begins with an analysis of the various manuscripts belonging to the Masoretic reading tradition. This discussion is a wealth of information. The layout is succinct and the used manuscripts and critical editions of texts are clearly annotated. In addition, it reads left to right which facilitates the reading. It opens with an overview on Codes Leningrad, and discusses the state of the Hebrew text, whether it has been transmitted reliably or whether it has suffered any damage, the cases of "ketib" and "qere", the occurrences of "petuchot" and "setumot", etc. It also contains a lengthy discussion of the Masoretic notations ("Masorah parva, Masorah