Biblia Hebraica Quinta: First Fascicle, General Intro & Megilloth

This is the new (fifth) edition of the Biblia Hebraica. It is being published in parts (fascicles).
Features include:
• Text of the Leningrad Codex, cited from new color photographs
• Masorah magna and parva of Leningrad Codex are included with the text
• A single apparatus with all relevant textual variants at bottom of the page
• Two other Tiberian codices are collated for each book
• Qumran and Judean Desert fragments are collated
• All available pre-Tiberian witnesses for each textual case are noted
• Each book is also accompanied by a commentary

This text includes:
• General Introduction presenting Biblia Hebraica Quinta, characterizes the text and masorah of the base text, the particular use of resources, and the relation of BHQ to BHS and previous editions, etc.
• Ruth, Canticles (Song of Songs), Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes), Lamentations, and Esther

BHQ Megilloth:
—Ruth prepared by J. de Waard
—Canticles prepared by P. B. Dirksen
—Qoheleth prepared by Y. A. P. Goldman
—Lamentations prepared by R. Schäfer
—Esther prepared by M. Saebo