IX. JablonskCs Editions,ar—
a. Eiblia Hebraica cum Notis Hebraicis, etc. (Berolini, 1699, large svo or 4to). For this edition Jablonski col- lated all the cardinal editions, together with several MSS., and bestoweil particular care on the vowel-points and ac- cents, as he expresses himself more fully in his preface,
b. Biblia Hebraiea in C'raliam, etc. (ibid. 1712, 12mo). This is the last of Jablouski's editions, but less correct; and the same may be said of the one published in 1711 (24mo) without the vowel-points.
X. //. Michaelis'S Bible was based on Jablouski's first edition of 1699, and was entitled ">"1SD S31K1 "-1-" ^~ptt (Halle, 1720, 8vo and 4to). For this edition Mi- chaelis compared tivc Erfurt MSS. and nineteen printed editions, Which are all enumerated ill the preface. This edition is much esteemed, partly for ils correctness and partly for its notes, which, on account ofthe very small type, are a task to the eyi s.
Michaelis's text i- said to have been the basis of the so- called Mantnan Bible, edited, with a critical commentary, by Norzi q. \ Mantua, 1742-44).
XI. r.i, der B ht't Text, or Biblia Ih braica,
ultimam Ei it <w fos. Athia, etc. (Amst 1705, -J vols.
svo). This edition- -of good reputation for its accuracy, but above all for the beauty and distinctness of its type- deserves special attention as constituting our present tea*- tus receptus. The text was chiefly formed on that of Athias; no MSS. were used for it. but it has a collection of various readings from printed editions at the end. The Masoretic readings are given in the margin. In spite of all the excellence- which this edition bus above others, there are still a great many mistakes t(, be found therein, as Brims has shown in Eichhorn's Repertorium, xii, 225 sq. The following editions are either printed from or based on Van der Hooght's texl :
1. priin)'s Eiiitiims, published at Amsterdam (1724, 1762).
2. '/'Ac l.i ijisie Ell/linn, with Sell. Schmiti's Latin trans- lation (1740, 4to).
3. Forster's Biblia Hebraica sine Punctis .oxford, 1750, 2 vols. 4to).
4. Sin Vs Editions (Halle, 1752, 1767, 1822, 1828; the
latter two with a preface bv Kosenmi.
.',. Ilmibiaitnt's (q. v.) Edition (Paris, 1753,4 vols. fol.).
tament, in Hebrew and English (Lond. 1774. large Svo).
7. Kennicott's (q.v.) Fetus Testamentum (Oxford, 1776- BO, 2 vols. fol.).
8. Jahn's Biblia Hebraica, etc. (Vienna, 1806, I vo
with readings from De Rossi, Kennicott, etc. With inju- dicious peculiarity, however, ihe hook- are arranged in a
the purpose of comparison with the parallel bo
9. Bonthroyd's Biblia Hebraica, with various leadings (Pontefract, 1810. 16, 2 vo s
L0. Pre r'e Biblia Hebraica (L 1. 1812, 2 vols. Bvo .which
was entirely superseded by 11. D'All Hebraiea (ibid. 1828, and often).
RECENSIONS
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RECENSIONS
Van der Hooght's text is found iu all English editions of the Hebrew Bible published by Duncan or Bagster, and is also made the basis of—
12. The Hexaglot Bible [see Polyglot Bibles] (Lond. 1S76, 6 vols, royal 4to).
13. The Bade Edition of 1S27.
14. Uahn's Editions, published at Leipsic in 1S31, 1832, 1833, 1S39, and 1SG7; the last is superior to the former, as can be seen from the preface. Hahn's text has also been reprinted in the polyglot of Stier and Theile (Elberfeld, 1S47, and often). There is also a small edition of Halm's Bible (in 12mo), with a preface by Kosenmuller, in small but clear type. The last of this edition was published in 1S6S.
15. Thcile's Editions (ibid. 1S40 ; 4th ed. 1S73). This edi- tion may be regarded as one of the best Hebrew Bibles according to Van der Hooght's recension. Wright, in his The Book of Genesis in Hebrew (Lond. 1S59), has followed Theile's text.
XII. Ojntz's Text, or Bill tea Hebraica rum Optimis Tm- pressis, etc. Studio et Opera D. H. Opitii (Kiloni, 1709, 4to). Opitz compared for this edition three codices and fourteen printed editions, which are enumerated in the preface. This text was reprinted in—
1. Zullichoif Biblia cum Ptivfatioite Michaelis (1741, 4to).
2. Evanc/clische deutsche Original- Bibcl, containing the Hebrew and Luther's German translation (Kiloni, 1741).
XIII. Editions tcith a Revised Text. With Van der Hooght's edition a textus receptus was given, which was corrected and improved from time to time. But the more the Masorah and ancient Jewish grammarians were stud- ied, the more it was found that the present text, while on the whole correct, did not come up to the requirements and rules laid down by ancient grammarians, for, as De- litzsch observes, in the edition of the Old Test., the mi- nutest points must be observed, trifling and pettifogging as they may appear to the superficial reader; "yet Iwra ev r, uia K<rpa«x maximi apud nos ponderis esse debet." Thus it came to pass that from time to time new editions of the Hebrew text were published ["HOail ^3 b", i. e. in accordance with the Masorah. Of such editions we mention, passing over the editions of single parts of the Old Test.,
1. The edition published at Carlsrnhe (1S3G-37) and ed- ited by Epstein, Koseufeld, and others.
2. Philipj)sohn's Israelitisehe Bibcl (Leipsic, 1S44-54). But this edition, says Delitzsch, "quamquam textum ^D bx i~nO.cn conformatum se exhibere praedicat, Masorethicte diligeutise vix ullum vestigium ostendit et vitiis plnrimis scatet."
3. Letteris's Edition, or iTTin StWl 'I'lpi! ISO n->nWD1 Q1X123 (Vienna, 1S52, 2 vols. Svo). This edi- tion was reprinted by the British and Foreign Bible Soci- ety at Berlin, with the corrections of Theophilus Abram- sohn (1SGG, and often ; latest edition, 1874). With an Eng- lish title-page, " The Hebrew Bible, revised and carefully examined by Myer Levi Letteris," the society's edition was published (?) by Wiley and Son (N. Y. 1S75).