Biblia Hebraica Quinta

Biblia Hebraica series

BHK Biblia Hebraica Kittel (1. - 3.) BHS Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (4.) BHQ Biblia Hebraica Quinta (5.)
Translator	see BHQ Fascicles and Editors
Language	Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Aramaic, English
Publisher	Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart
Published	2004 – est. 2020 (see release date)
Media type	Hardcover pocket edition ("Handausgabe")
Preceded by	Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
Website	https://www.academic-bible.com/en/home/current-projects/biblia-hebraica-quinta-bhq/

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 BH⁵, is the fifth edition of the Biblia Hebraica and when complete will supersede the fourth edition, the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS).

Content

Like the third and fourth editions, the BH5 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. D. Ginsburg; the editors, following the work of Moshe Goshen-Gottstein, believe that such variants are of little value.

BHQ Fascicles and Editors

The edition has been described as "international and ecumenical" as it features editors from 13 different countries and different denominations (with involvement from Catholics, Protestants and Jews).^[1] The work is currently being published in fascicles according to this release schedule: ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

	Fascicle	Editor	University / Institute	Country	Publication
1	Genesis	Avraham Tal	Tel Aviv University	Israel	2016 (published, Fascicle 7)
2	Exodus	Peter Schwagmeier	University of Zurich	Switzerland	in preparation
3	Leviticus	Innocent Himbaza	University of Fribourg	Switzerland	2017 (forthcoming)
4	Numbers	Martin Rösel	University of Rostock	Germany	in preparation
5	Deuteronomy	Carmel McCarthy	University College Dublin	Ireland	2007 (published, Fascicle 3)
6	Joshua	Seppo Sipilä	University of Helsinki	Finland	in preparation
7	Judges	Natalio Fernandez Marcos	CSIC Madrid	Spain	2011 (published, Fascicle 6)
8	Samuel	Stephen Pisano	Pontificio Istituto Biblico Rome	Italy	in preparation
9	Kings	Adrian Schenker	University of Fribourg	Switzerland	in preparation
		Carmel McCarthy	University College Dublin	Ireland
10	Isaiah	Arie van der Kooij	Leiden University	Netherlands	in preparation
11	Jeremiah	Richard D. Weis	Lexington Theological Seminary	United States	in preparation
12	Ezekiel	Johan Lust	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven	Belgium	2018 (forthcoming)
13	Twelve Prophets	Anthony Gelston	Durham University	United Kingdom	2010 (published, Fascicle 5)
14	Chronicles	Zipora Talshir	University of Beer Sheva	Israel	in preparation
15	Psalms	Gerard J. Norton	University College Dublin	Ireland	in preparation
16	Job	Robert Althann	Pontificio Istituto Biblico Rome	Italy	2016/7 (forthcoming) [2]
17	Proverbs	Jan de Waard	University of Strasbourg	France	2008 (published, Fascicle 4)
18a	General Introduction				2004 (published, Fascicle 1a)
18b	Ruth	Jan de Waard	University of Strasbourg	France	2004 (published, Fascicle 1b)
18c	Canticles	Piet B. Dirksen	Leiden University	Netherlands	2004 (published, Fascicle 1c)
18d	Qoheleth	Yohanan A. P. Goldman	University of Fribourg	Switzerland	2004 (published, Fascicle 1d)
18e	Lamentations	Rolf Schäfer	German Bible Society Stuttgart	Germany	2004 (published, Fascicle 1e)
18f	Esther	Magne Sæbø	MF School of Theology Oslo	Norway	2004 (published, Fascicle 1f)
19	Daniel	Augustinus Gianto	Pontificio Istituto Biblico Rome	Italy	in preparation
20	Ezra and Nehemiah	David Marcus	JTS New York	United States	2006 (published, Fascicle 2)

Consulting work for the Masorah is being done by Aron Dotan, Tel Aviv University,  Israel.

• The first fascicle (general introduction and The 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 September 2007.
• The fourth fascicle (Proverbs, part 17) was published in February 2009.
• The fifth fascicle (The Twelve Minor Prophets, part 13) was published in November 2010.
• The sixth fascicle (Judges, part 7) was published in March 2012.
• The seventh fascicle (Genesis, part 1) was published on February 1, 2016.^[3]

As of early-July 2016, Amazon.de^[4] shows a projected release date for the Job fascicle of 15 November 2016 and a price of 49 Euros. Amazon.co.uk^[5] also lists the Job fascicle as forthcoming, though with a projected release date of 1 May 2017. As of October 2016, the release dates for Leviticus and Ezekiel slipped a year (from 2016 to 2017 and from 2017 to 2018, respectively) on the Scholarly-Bibles.com web page, a release date for Numbers changed from "forthcoming in 2017" to "in preparation," and Job changed from "in preparation" to "forthcoming in 2017."

Release Date

The Eisenbrauns web page^[6] estimates that the entire Hebrew Bible will be completed by 2020. The German Bible Society makes the same prediction on web pages for the fascicles of the Twelve Minor Prophets^[7] and of Proverbs,^[8] though the German Bible Society web pages for some of the earlier fascicles still predict 2015.^[9][10] At the moment the endmost date on the release table says 2017, with other dates still unknown.^[11]

See also

• Oxford Hebrew Bible
• Hebrew University Bible

Notes

References

External links

• Richard D. Weis, "Biblia Hebraica Quinta and the Making of Critical Editions of the Hebrew Bible", TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism 2002 (including sample pages showing edition, apparatuses, and textual commentary for Jeremiah 23:1-9)
• James A. Sanders, review of the BHQ edition of the Megilloth, Review of Biblical Literature 2005
• (German) Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Wissenschaftliche Bibelausgaben / Urtexte Altes Testament / Hebräisch