Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS), A Reader's Edition, Hardcover (Hardcover): A Reader's Edition

by Donald R. Vance (Editor), George Athas, Yael Avrahami

Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) is known to be the definitive edition of the Hebrew Bible. It is widely regarded as a reliable edition of the Hebrew and Aramaic scriptures and is the most widely used original-language edition among scholars.

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 Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete Hebrew Bible still preserved. It originally appeared in installments, from 1968 to 1976, with the first one-volume edition in 1977; it has since been reprinted many times. The text is a nearly exact copy of the Masoretic Text as recorded in the Leningrad Codex. The Masoretic notes are completely revised. Included is a foreword in German, English, French, Spanish, and Latin as well as an English and German key to the Latin words, abbreviations, and other symbols in the critical apparatus.

Genres: Reference

1800 pages, Hardcover

First published December 28, 2013

Reviews

[Jonathan Rolfe]

2/1/2025
I just finished Judges, after reading most of it in Hebrew class Fall 2023 and Fall 2024. Many sad, complex, and powerful stories. The song of Deborah has some great verses, and I really like Samson's final prayer and ending. For rereading, Samson would be good, as well as parts of the first half. Jonah Murray and I did a final project on 20:16-31.

[Cole Shiflet]

Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy ✅
Joshua
Judges
Ruth ✅
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah ✅
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi

[Maya Joelle]

Read half of Judges in Hebrew fall 2024.