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Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia , or BHS , is an edition of the Hebrew Bible published by the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft ( German Bible Society ) in Stuttgart .1It is widely regarded by both Jews and Christians as a reliable edition of the Hebrew and Aramaic scriptures (i.e., the Old Testament in Christian terminology) and is substantially the original-language edition of them most widely used by scholars. It originally appeared in instalments, from 1968 to 1976 , with the first one-volume edition in 1977 ; it has been reprinted many times. The text is an exact copy (barring a handful of errors) of the Masoretic Text as recorded in the Leningrad Codex . The only significant difference is that the Books of Chronicles , which in the Codex precede Psalms , have been moved to the end, which is where they are in other Hebrew Bibles. The Book of Job precedes the Book of Proverbs , as in the Codex but unlike other Hebrew Bibles. In the margin are Masoretic notes . These are based on those in the Codex, but have been heavily edited to make them more consistent and easy to understand. Even so, whole books have been written to explain these notes. The editors never published any explanation of what the problems were or how they might be resolved. Footnotes record possible corrections to the Hebrew text. Many are based on the Samaritan Pentateuch and on early Bible translations such as the Septuagint , Vulgate and Peshitta , but some are just conjectures. It is a revision of the third edition of the Biblia Hebraica edited by Rudolf Kittel , the first Bible to be based on the Leningrad Codex. The footnotes are completely revised.2
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The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia , or bhs , is an edition of the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible as preserved in the Leningrad Codex , and supplemented by masoretic and text-critical notes. It is published by the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft ( German Bible Society ) in Stuttgart .
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A sample page from Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (Genesis 1,1-16a). The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia , or bhs , is an edition of the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible as preserved in the Leningrad Codex , and supplemented by masoretic and text-critical notes. It is published by the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft (German Bible Society ) in Stuttgart .
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An edition of the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible as preserved in the Leningrad Codex A sample page from Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (Genesis 1,1-16a). The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia , abbreviated as BHS or rarely BH , is an edition of the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible as preserved in the Leningrad Codex , and supplemented by masoretic and text-critical notes.It is the fourth edition in the Biblia Hebraica series started by Rudolf Kittel and is published by the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft (German Bible Society ) in Stuttgart .
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Edition of the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible A sample page from Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (Genesis 1,1-16a). The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia , abbreviated as BHS or rarely BH , is an edition of the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible as preserved in the Leningrad Codex , and supplemented by masoretic and text-critical notes. It is the fourth edition in the Biblia Hebraica series started by Rudolf Kittel and is published by the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft (German Bible Society ) in Stuttgart .
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edition of the hebrew bible published by the deutsche bibelgesellschaft
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edition of the masoretic text of the hebrew bible as preserved in the leningrad codex
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