Everything about Biblia Hebraica totally explained
Biblia Hebraica is a Latin phrase meaning
Hebrew Bible. It is traditionally used as a title for printed editions of the
Tanakh (
Hebrew Bible).
In current scholarly usage, it refers almost exclusively to the three editions of the Hebrew Bible edited by
Rudolf Kittel (BHK).
Rudolf Kittel's Biblia Hebraica (BHK)
The first two editions of Kittel's
Biblia Hebraica appeared in
1906 and
1913; the differences between them are slight, apart from a list of errors in the second. The second edition was reprinted several times. Both editions reproduced the Hebrew text found in the
Mikraot Gedolot published by
Daniel Bomberg in
Venice in
1524. These editions didn't include
Masoretic notes, although the Bomberg's edition did.
Their main feature was their footnotes recording 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; others are conjectural emendations.
The third edition had a slightly different Hebrew text and completely revised footnotes. For the first time, a Bible reproduced the text of the
Leningrad Codex. The idea to use that Codex is credited to
Paul Kahle. This appeared in instalments, from
1929 to
1937, with the first one-volume edition in 1937; it was reprinted many times, with later editions recording variants in the
Book of Isaiah and
Habakkuk from the
Dead Sea Scrolls. It reproduces the Masoretic notes in the Codex exactly, without editing.
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 Stuttgartensia
The third edition was superseded by the
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia.
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