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Biblia Hebraica Quinta is the fifth edition of the Biblia Hebraica and when complete will supersede the fourth edition, the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS).1Like the third and fourth editions, it uses a text based on the Leningrad Codex ; the text has been corrected against colour photographs of the codex taken in the 1990s. Unlike previous editions, it includes a commentary explaining the Masorah and discussing the significance of the textual variants in the footnotes. It also contains the Masorah magna, which was not in the first three versions and only available in a supplementary volume in BHS. Another change is that it rarely cites variants from Hebrew manuscripts collated by Benjamin Kennicott and C. Ginsburg ; the editors, following the work of Moshe Goshen-Gottstein , believe that such variants are of little value. The work is currently being published in fascicles : The first fascicle (general introduction and Five megilloth , part 18) was published in 2004. The books are in the same order as in the Leningrad Codex and BHS, namely Ruth, Canticles (Song of Songs), Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes), Lamentations and Esther. The second fascicle (Ezra and Nehemiah, part 20) was published in 2006. The third fascicle (Deuteronomy, part 5) was published in 2007. The fourth fascicle (Proverbs, part 17) was published in February 2009.2
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A sample page from Biblia Hebraica Quinta (Deuteronomy 1,1-11).Note the newly implemented and fully collated Masorah magna between the main text and the critical apparatus. The Biblia Hebraica Quinta , or BH5 , is the fifth edition of the Biblia Hebraica and when complete will supersede the fourth edition, the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS).
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A sample page from Biblia Hebraica Quinta (Deuteronomy 1,1-11). Note the newly implemented and fully collated Masorah magna between the main text and the critical apparatus. The Biblia Hebraica Quinta , abbreviated as BHQ or rarely BH , is the fifth edition of the Biblia Hebraica and when complete will supersede the fourth edition, the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS).
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Fifth edition of the Biblia Hebraica A sample page from Biblia Hebraica Quinta ( Deuteronomy 1:1–11 ). Note the newly implemented and fully collated Masorah magna between the main text and the critical apparatus. The Biblia Hebraica Quinta Editione , abbreviated as BHQ or rarely BH , is the fifth edition of the Biblia Hebraica and when completed will supersede the fourth edition, the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS/ BH ).
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Fifth edition of the Biblia Hebraica A sample page from Biblia Hebraica Quinta ( Deuteronomy 1:1–11 ). Note the newly implemented and fully collated Masorah magna between the main text and the critical apparatus. The Biblia Hebraica Quinta Editione , abbreviated as BHQ or rarely BH , is the fifth edition of the Biblia Hebraica . When completed, it will supersede the fourth edition, the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS/ BH ).
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