Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>]

Eiichi Katoh wrote:

> Dear Friends,
> I'm just thinking about purchasing "Mikraot Gedolot", but I'm not sure which
> edition is the best one. Does anybody know which edition is the most
> reliable and authoritative?
>

There are two modern editions of Miqraot Gedolot, in modern script with 
critical
apparati, but neither of them including all the books of the Tanakh

For the Pentateuch alone there is:
Katzenelenbogen, Mordechai Leib, ed., _Torat Hayyim:Hamishah Humeshei Torah_, 
5 vold.,
Jerusalem, Mosad Harav Kook, 1986.

Bar-Ilan University is producing an edition for the whole Tanakh:

Cohen, Menahem, ed., _Miqraot Gedolot Haketer_, Ramat-Gan, Bar Ilan 
University, 1992-.
Volumes that have appeared so far:
Genesis, 2 parts; Joshua; Judges; Samuel; Kings, Isaiah.

Sincerely,
--
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
Beit Berl Post Office
44905 Israel
Tel. 972-9-7476397
Fax: 972-9-7476398