Hebrew University Bible Project

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The Hebrew University Bible Project (HUBP) is a project at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to create the first edition of the Hebrew Bible that reproduces the text of the Aleppo Codex and includes a thorough critical apparatus. [1] [2]

It was begun in 1956 by Moshe Goshen-Gottstein, assisted by Chaim Rabin and Shemaryahu Talmon. [3] These three scholars were the project's first board of editors. [3]

The text reproduced in this edition is the Aleppo Codex; the full masora (large and small) in that manuscript is included, [1] but not massora from other sources. Six levels of footnotes record textual variants from a wide range of sources. [1] These include:

The editors add comments in English and Hebrew. [1]

So far, the books of Isaiah, [1] Jeremiah and Ezekiel [4] have been published.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Würthwein, Ernst (1995). "Chapter 6: Printed Editions". The Text of the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Biblia Hebraica. Translated by Rhodes, Erroll F. (2nd ed.). William B. Eerdmans. pp.  43–44. ISBN   0-8028-0788-7.
  2. Tov, Emanuel (1992). "Critical Editions". Textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible (2nd ed.). Fortress Press. pp. 371–378. ISBN   0-8006-2687-7.
  3. 1 2 "About". The Hebrew University Bible Project (HUBP). The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  4. Goshen-Gottstein, Moshe (2004). THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY BIBLE PROJECT- THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL (PDF). Jerusalem: THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY MAGNES PRESS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.