Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia: Prepared according to the Vocalization, Accents, and Masora of Aaron ben Moses ben Asher in the Leningrad Codex [Hardcover]

Aron Dotan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2001

The most accurate edition of the Leningrad Codex in print, the Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia presents a thoroughly revised, reset, and redesigned edition of the Hebrew Bible meticulously prepared by renowned masoretic scholar Aron Dotan.

The BHL includes features that suit it for research, classroom, and liturgical use. Scholars will find this a welcome edition of the Leningrad Codex, the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible, whose text and layout it precisely follows. A foreword and five appendices provide the researcher with important details and distinctions about the codex. In addition to being a scientific edition, it was originally commissioned in Israel to follow the necessary adaptations that qualify it for Jewish liturgical use, such as divisions into weekly portions and their subdivisions for synagogue reading. Students, too, will find here an ideal text for classroom use, with an uncluttered format and printing that is matchless for its readability.

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About the Author

Aron Dotan is Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University, and Head of The Cymbalista Jewish Heritage Center (Tel Aviv). A member of the Academy of Hebrew Language, he has served since 1992 as president of the International Organization for Masoretic Studies, and in 1998 he was awarded the Bialik Prize for Jewish Studies.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1296 pages
• Publisher: Hendrickson Pub (April 1, 2001)
• Language: Hebrew
• ISBN-10: 1565630890
• ISBN-13: 978-1565630895
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6.4 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #959,801 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BHL, January 17, 2007

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L. Tucker "Paul Tucker" (Deltona, Fl) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia: Prepared according to the Vocalization, Accents, and Masora of Aaron ben Moses ben Asher in the Leningrad Codex (Hardcover)

This text is the one I have on my desk for reading and reference. I like the style of the print, it is clear and easy to read. It should be said here that the author's intent is to provide a text "...suitable for Jewish ritual use as well" as providing an accurate Bible. This "intent" colors the text somewhat as He was willing to be "occasionally obliged to deviate from it, ( the Leningrad Codex ), for the sake of customs and conventions that have become rooted since the time the manuscript was written." This should not worry the reader, however. It is appearent that Aron Dotan has given us the best usable Bible in the Ben Asher tradition we have to date, and has challenged those of the BHQ committee to surpass his edition, (p.X). He is also willing to say that there are limitations to his text and as his forward indicates, he has given us his best effort. I would give this a 5 star rating.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Going off what my Prof. says, September 5, 2009

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W. Grasmeder (Washinton DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia: Prepared according to the Vocalization, Accents, and Masora of Aaron ben Moses ben Asher in the Leningrad Codex (Hardcover)

Well, I don't read Hebrew so well YET. My teacher selected this text because the font is legible and accurate for beginner readers. The vowels are clear and legible, and the verbiage apparently makes this a fairly authoritative text, too. The book isn't very flashy, but do you really need all that in your Hebrew Bible?

2 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars my mistake, January 18, 2009

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Eclectic Reader "Joy" (Oklahoma City, OK) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia: Prepared according to the Vocalization, Accents, and Masora of Aaron ben Moses ben Asher in the Leningrad Codex (Hardcover)

I ordered the BHL thinking that I was ordering the standard critical text. When I realized I actually wanted the Biblia Hebraica Stutgartsensia I wondered if this would do instead. It will not, as all the critical notes are in the back and not on the pages of the text. I am an instructor in a class on Biblical Hebrew and this was one of the required texts selected by the Professor. I returned the BHL and ordered a BHS. There IS a difference.