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''Biblia Hebraica'' refers primarily to the three editions of the
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'' Rudolf Kittel Rudolf Kittel (28 March 1853, in Eningen, Württemberg – 20 October 1929, in Leipzig) was a German Old Testament scholar. Kittel studied at University of Tübingen (1871–76). He was a professor of Old Testament studies at the universities of ...
. When referenced, Kittel's ''Biblia Hebraica'' is usually abbreviated BH, or BHK (K for Kittel). When specific editions are referred to, BH1, BH2 and BH3 are used. ''Biblia Hebraica'' is a Latin phrase meaning Hebrew Bible, traditionally used as a title for printed editions of the
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'' Rudolf Kittel Rudolf Kittel (28 March 1853, in Eningen, Württemberg – 20 October 1929, in Leipzig) was a German Old Testament scholar. Kittel studied at University of Tübingen (1871–76). He was a professor of Old Testament studies at the universities of ...
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started to develop a critical edition of the Hebrew Bible in 1901, which would later become the first of its kind. His first edition ''Biblia Hebraica edidit Rudolf Kittel'' was published as a two-volume work in 1906 under the publisher J. C. Hinrichs in Leipzig. The second edition of Kittel's ''Biblia Hebraica'' appeared in 1913. BH3 appeared in installments, from 1929 to 1937, with the first one-volume edition in 1937. Some of the references in the textual apparatus reference manuscripts that no longer exist due to the bombing of Leipzig during World War II.


Subsequent editions

The third edition was superseded by the ''
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, abbreviated as BHS or rarely BH4, 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 ...
'', which appeared in installments from 1968 to 1976 and as a single volume in 1977. The current project in this tradition is the ''
Biblia Hebraica Quinta The ''Biblia Hebraica Quinta Editione'', abbreviated as BHQ or rarely BH5, is the fifth edition of the '' Biblia Hebraica'' and when complete will supersede the fourth edition, the ''Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia'' (BHS). BHQ Fascicles and Edi ...
'', which started in 2004.


See also

*
List of Hebrew Bible manuscripts A Hebrew Bible manuscript is a handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) made on papyrus, parchment, or paper, and written in the Hebrew language. (Some of the Biblical text and notations may be in Aramaic.) The oldes ...


References

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External links

* Biblia Hebraica (1st ed.) on
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1906 non-fiction books 1913 non-fiction books 1937 non-fiction books Hebrew Bible versions and translations