Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Maurice A. O'Sullivan" <mauros AT iol.ie>]

At 14:38 18/11/2003, "Christopher V. Kimball" <kimball AT ntplx.net>
 wrote:

> I've been planning to base my study on the MCW BHS or a descendant of 
> it.  Recently,
> a correspondent stated that:
>
> (The Leningrad Codex) "..(as BHS is), which is the most error-filled of 
> the ancient manuscripts (it is not even the best manuscript written by its 
> author, who wrote a much better one after he wrote the Leningrad manuscript)."
>
> This is a little disconcerting.  Could someone please explain the issue?

There is a list: TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism
which you will find at: http://rosetta.reltech.org/TC/TC.html

There you will find various articles and reviews which should clear up some 
matters for you
I recommend:

 Aron Dotan, ed., 
<http://rosetta.reltech.org/TC/vol06/Dotan-ed2001rev.html>Biblia Hebraica 
Leningradensia: Prepared According to the Vocalization, Accents, and Masora 
of Aaron ben Moses ben Asher in the Leningrad Codex (Timothy G. Crawford, 
reviewer)
http://rosetta.reltech.org/TC/vol06/Dotan-ed2001rev.html

[ there is a short review by Kevin Wooodruff on the Journal of Biblical 
Studies web-site: http://journalofbiblicalstudies.org/ ]

and:

Richard D. Weis, <http://rosetta.reltech.org/TC/vol07/Weis2002.html>Biblia 
Hebraica Quinta<http://rosetta.reltech.org/TC/vol07/Weis2002.html> and the 
Making of Critical Editions of the Hebrew Bible
http://rosetta.reltech.org/TC/vol07/Weis2002.html



Maurice A. O'Sullivan
[Bray, Ireland]
mauros AT iol.ie

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