How to use the Biblia Hebraica Quinta: Part 1. The Scholarly Apparatus

[@michaelzerger6644]

This clip is quite illustrative of Rabbi Moster ‘s content and style. It is clear, organized and informative. Look for his Hebrew classes at Biblical Culture. Among the best available.

[@BiblicalCulture]

Glad you enjoyed Michael!

[@HBscholarship]

Thanks David. Good stuff, loud and clear, makes biblical studies a field of choice.

[@mrtdiver]

This was presented professionally. Well done. I hope instructors refer their students to this video as a brief intro to the Apparatus.

[@TheJesusNerd40]

This was so helpful! Thank you!

[@JERRYSHONDA]

so so well done

[@BiblicalCulture]

Thanks!

[@NoIdeaOnAnAlias]

Shalom beloved, do you have a part 2 (i can't find it on your channel) or plan on making an updated video on this great resource?

[@dr.lizorkin]

Excellent!

Thank you for the video. Do you still intend to publish the second and third parts of this video or are you not going to do it anymore? Thank you again.

[@BiblicalCulture]

Yes! Other videos coming first but this has not been abandoned.

[@arjanstoel]

5:27 Is there already a 'next video'?

[@my-viewpointorg]

Hello, David. I am looking for a Bible with the hebrew to study it, and I would like to ask you about the differences between Quinta and Stutgartensia (2015). Thanks for your videos. Rodrigo

[@profjeancarlos]

Nesta edição ficou bacal a estrutura acompanhando os manuscritos massoréticos..

[@alex-qe8qn]

I cannot find the meaning of "bacal" - I hope it's not related to "cod"! Any learned helper(s) out there, and/or any translator(s) of the sentence?

[@profjeancarlos]

@@alex-qe8qn Não Alex, dicionário nenhum no planeta vai traduzir "sotaque" Brasileiro, eu quiz dizer que ficou muito bom, eu gostei, ficou excelente, obrigado

[@alex-qe8qn]

@@profjeancarlos Ah, bom! Muit’ obrigado, Professor!

[@spykezspykez7001]

What is the main advatage of quinta vis the current all in onze BHS?

[@BiblicalCulture]

Both have pros and cons. Quinta has all the Dead Sea Scrolls, a more detailed apparatus, and two types of notes in the back. BHS is one volume and provides a great deal of information in much less space. Hope this helps.

[@spykezspykez7001]

Thanks, that helps. I think I may just buy the BHS and apparatus anyway - I don’t know when the whole five will come out in one volume, *do you happen to know* ? Having all those separate volumes is just a little unappealing and I’m hardly on the bleeding edge of scholarship by any stretch of imagination. Thank you :)

[@hectorsalvadorlemusflores4644]

In Spanish please...! Gracias!

[@TheHebrewCafe]

Quinta is pronounced like QWIN-ta, not KIN-ta.

[@BiblicalCulture]

Good call. I guess my high school Spanish pronunciation got the better of me!

[@Lay-Man]

@@BiblicalCulture I thought it was a portuguese at first! Haha Quinta is also fifth in Portuguese, and the pronunciation is quite similar.

[@GilgameshofUtah]

Yes because we need a Latin name for a new edition of a Hebrew book to replace the old German/Latin name. One of the things that has always bugged me about the entire BH series is that we can't just stick to modern languages, Hebrew, and appropriate snippets from the source docs. It is like they are trying hard to make it inaccessible. IMHO everything not Hebrew should be transliterated and translated (BHQ has moved closer to this but BHS was awful) and I am glad to see all the Latin abbreviations dropped, as well as a lot of the weird siglia.

[@RudydeGroot]

Why do you want Greek to explain Hebrew??

[@BiblicalCulture]

The Greek is a “witness” to the Hebrew text it copied 2000+ years ago. It preserves variant readings compared to the Hebrew text passed down alongside it. As it turns out, many of the Greek variants can be found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, confirming their antiquity.

[@RudydeGroot]

@@BiblicalCulture thank you for answering. But the dead sea scrolls are known to have been written by the Essenes, celibate cave dwellers and a sect of Judaism. If Greek has similarities with what's on the dead sea scrolls then you could argue that the Greek was copied from the Essenes library instead of the genuine Hebrew texts.

[@garlandjones7709]

​@@RudydeGrootit's not "known" that all of the manuscripts are from the essenes. Also, you would not have to assume the LXX translated from the dead Sea scrolls. Not only is that 70 miles from Jerusalem, it doesn't account for thousands of matching variants in Samaritan, or when the DSS agree with the Masoretic against the LXX. The answer given was a good one.

[@rhodiusscrolls3080]

Frankly it could not be worse than.how it sounds now...

[@vansiqueirajunior8260]

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[@alex-qe8qn]

Sorry, but FAR too expensive even in less economically-straitened times!

[@BiblicalCulture]

I hear you Alex. Academic books aren't cheap but hopefully there's a seminary or university library nearby you can visit. Good luck.

[@alexanderthomson3668]

Having recently had my 75th birthday, I had thought to be done with teaching etc.; but I have just been asked whether I would consider taking some students through a book or two of the Hebrew Old Testament/Tanakh and of the “Septuagint”/Old Greek.[These are students (and there is a growing number of them in the UK ) who have decided not to incur heavy student debt by going to institutions and then having to minister in lukewarm/apostate denominations.] Ruth has been suggested for beginners, and Obadiah for intermediaries. So, I have decided to purchase the BHQuinta Megilloth and The Twelve Minor Prophets! I have usually introduced students to a small historical number of Hebrew editions. I have also been asked to give a presentation on Hebrew Bible editions. I have, on my shelf (and in mind), Bomberg’s 2nd (Letteris’ edition), Bomberg/Ginsburg (Trinitarian Bible Society’ edition), BHKittel, and BHStuttgartesia : should I add one or two more? For the Greek, I use Rahlfs-Hanhart. I have away given away most, but kept a few, copies of these editions. Once the two BHQ volumes have arrived, and I have had the opportunity to peruse them, I should like to discuss them, if possible. Do you prefer discussion here or elsewhere?

[@alexanderthomson3668]

@Biblical Culture, Any thoughts?

[@alexanderthomson3668]

If the fascicles had been issued in A4 size, the proper desk/study size, then each fascicles could have been rationally designed, and more information included, and abbreviations dispensed with. And why not issued in interleaved or loose leaf format? Portable editions need to be small; study editions need to be large.