Biblical Hebrew
This guide gives students and pastors an introduction to major works available for the study of the Bible in Hebrew in our reference, circulating, and electronic collections.
Subject Headings
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Critical Editions
Biblia Hebraica StuttgartensiaCall Number: BS715 1977ISBN: 9783438052186Publication Date: 1977The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) is the standard complete critical text of the Hebrew Old Testament. It is based on the Leningrad Codex B19A and includes a critical apparatus that provides information related to textual criticism.
Biblia Hebraica StuttgartensiaCall Number: BS715 1997ISBN: 3438052199Publication Date: 1997A compact edition of the BHS.
- Biblia Hebraica StuttgartensiaISBN: 9783438052186Publication Date: 1977The Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) is the standard complete critical text of the Hebrew Old Testament. It is based on the Leningrad Codex B19A and includes a critical apparatus that provides information related to textual criticism.
Reader's Editions
Reader's Hebrew Bible by Call Number: BS715 2008ISBN: 9780310269748Publication Date: 2008Ideal for Hebrew students and pastors, A Reader’s Hebrew Bible saves time and effort in studying the Hebrew Old Testament. By eliminating the need to look up definitions, the footnotes allow the user to read the Hebrew and Aramaic text more quickly, focusing on parsing and grammatical issues. - Zondervan
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: A Reader's Edition by Call Number: BS715 2014ISBN: 9781598563429Publication Date: 2014Reading is facilitated by providing the definitions of every Hebrew and Aramaic word, either in the glossary or in the apparatus. Strong verbs, nouns, and adjectives that occur less than 70 times are parsed and defined. Infinitives, imperatives, and all weak verb forms are parsed. Unlike other reference works that give the same definition for a given word whenever it appears - the BHS Reader’s Edition provides the definition of the word according to the context of the Scripture passage in which it is found. - Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft
Hebrew / English
ESV Hebrew-English Old Testament by Call Number: BS715 2012ISBN: 9781433530302Publication Date: 2012Using the standard Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) text, the Hebrew-English Old Testament displays the ESV Old Testament alongside the original Hebrew. On each spread, one page shows the English rendering of a passage while the other shows the Hebrew, enabling readers to work through either language undistracted and uninterrupted. - Crossway
Hebrew-English Interlinear ESV Old TestamentCall Number: BS715 2014bISBN: 9781433501135Publication Date: 2014On each page the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) Hebrew text is laid out word-by-word above an English gloss showing the basic meaning and morphology of each word. For reference, the ESV text is presented separately in a column alongside the Hebrew and English gloss. The Hebrew-English Interlinear ESV Old Testament also features important notes from the BHS critical apparatus related to the textual tradition of the ESV. - Crossway
Unique Resources
Jonah by Call Number: BS1602 .S34 2017ISBN: 9781942697947Publication Date: 2017"The illustrations train a learner to visualize the text while reading. This is how a language is internalized. Even character dialogue, which comprises half of the text of Jonah, is presented in images. This innovative technique pairs nearly every Hebrew word with a picture referent. As a reader's edition, footnotes provide glosses for all words occurring fewer than 100 times in the Hebrew Bible. A Hebrew-English dictionary for the rest of the Jonah words is included at the end of the book." - Publisher
