Biblia Hebraica Quinta
The Biblia Hebraica Quinta Editione, abbreviated as BHQ or rarely BH5, is the fifth edition of the Biblia Hebraica and when complete will supersede the fourth edition, the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia.
Content
Like the third and fourth editions, the BH5 uses a text based on the Leningrad Codex; the text has been corrected against colour photographs of the codex taken in the 1990s.Unlike previous editions, it includes a commentary explaining the Masorah and discussing the significance of the textual variants in the footnotes. It also contains the Masorah magna, which was not in the first three versions and only available in a supplementary volume in BHS. Another change is that it rarely cites variants from Hebrew manuscripts collated by Benjamin Kennicott and C. D. Ginsburg; the editors, following the work of Moshe Goshen-Gottstein, believe that such variants are of little value.
BHQ Fascicles and Editors
The edition has been described as "international and ecumenical" as it features editors from 13 different countries and different denominations. The work is currently being published in fascicles according to this release schedule:| Fascicle | Editor | University / Institute | Country | Publication | |
| 1 | Genesis | Avraham Tal | Tel Aviv University | 2016 | |
| 2 | Exodus | Peter Schwagmeier | University of Zurich | in preparation | |
| 3 | Leviticus | Innocent Himbaza | University of Fribourg | 2019 | |
| 4 | Numbers | Martin Rösel | University of Rostock | in preparation | |
| 5 | Deuteronomy | Carmel McCarthy | University College Dublin | 2007 | |
| 6 | Joshua | Seppo Sipilä | University of Helsinki | in preparation | |
| 7 | Judges | Natalio Fernandez Marcos | CSIC Madrid | 2011 | |
| 8 | Samuel | Stephen Pisano | Pontificio Istituto Biblico Rome | in preparation | |
| 9 | Kings | Adrian Schenker | University of Fribourg | in preparation | |
| 9 | Kings | Carmel McCarthy | University College Dublin | in preparation | |
| 10 | Isaiah | Arie van der Kooij | Leiden University | in preparation | |
| 11 | Jeremiah | Richard D. Weis | Lexington Theological Seminary | in preparation | |
| 12 | Ezekiel | Johan Lust | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | 2021 | |
| 13 | Twelve Prophets | Anthony Gelston | Durham University | 2010 | |
| 14 | Chronicles | Zipora Talshir | University of Beer Sheva | in preparation | |
| 15 | Psalms | Gerard J. Norton | University College Dublin | in preparation | |
| 16 | Job | Robert Althann | Pontificio Istituto Biblico Rome | 2020 | |
| 17 | Proverbs | Jan de Waard | University of Strasbourg | 2008 | |
| 18a | General Introduction to Megilloth | 2004 | |||
| 18b | Ruth | Jan de Waard | University of Strasbourg | 2004 | |
| 18c | Canticles | Piet B. Dirksen | Leiden University | 2004 | |
| 18d | Qoheleth | Yohanan A. P. Goldman | University of Fribourg | 2004 | |
| 18e | Lamentations | Rolf Schäfer | German Bible Society Stuttgart | 2004 | |
| 18f | Esther | Magne Sæbø | MF School of Theology Oslo | 2004 | |
| 19 | Daniel | Agustinus Gianto | Pontificio Istituto Biblico Rome | in preparation | |
| 20 | Ezra and Nehemiah | David Marcus | JTS New York | 2006 |
Consulting work for the Masorah is being done by Aron Dotan, Tel Aviv University,.
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- The first fascicle was published in 2004. The books are in the same order as in the Leningrad Codex and BHS, namely Ruth, Canticles, Qoheleth, Lamentations and Esther.
- The second fascicle was published in 2006.
- The third fascicle was published in September 2007.
- The fourth fascicle was published in February 2009.
- The fifth fascicle was published in November 2010.
- The sixth fascicle was published in March 2012.
- The seventh fascicle was published on February 1, 2016.
As of 24 April 2017, Amazon.de shows a projected release date for the Job fascicle of December 2017 with a price of 81.96 Euros and still has a different version of the same book slated for a release on 15 November 2016 at a price of 49 Euros, though the product is not yet available. Amazon.co.uk also lists the Job fascicle as forthcoming, though with a projected release date of 30 January 2018 at a price of UKP 85.63 and still has a different version of the same book slated to come out 1 May 2017 with no price stated. It now appears that neither the fascicle for Job and nor that for Leviticus are likely to come out in 2017.
As of 2 June 2017, Amazon.com shows a projected release date for the Job fascicle of December 2017 and a price of USD 69.37.
In March 2018, the release dates for Leviticus and Ezekiel slipped another year or two on the Academic-Bible.com web page, and the release date for Job was changed from "forthcoming in 2017" to "forthcoming in 2019."