Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: A Reader's Edition Imitation Leather – 28 Feb. 2015

For quite a few years now, my Bible has been  A Reader's Hebrew and Greek Bible , mainly because it has the convenience of having the Old and New Testaments in a single 'Readers' volume.However that edition does have some annoyances that have never left me: The 'graying-out' of all Proper Names in the Hebrew text; surely the worst and least legible Greek font of any NT; and the fact that the running vocabs for both OT & NT are crammed into a single indigestible block at the bottom of each page.For that reason, while this is still the Bible I take on Holiday or to Church, for my own comfortable reading I've been using (for the NT)  UBS Greek New Testament: Reader's Edition with Textual Notes (Black) (Esv Bibles) , which did a superb job of correcting the faults of the Zondervan edition.Now, to my GREAT delight, I've discovered this - which does an equally great job of fixing the annoyances of the Zondervan Hebrew text and glosses. Instead of a single clump of glosses, the vocab at the bottom of each page iis clearly arranged for each verse, and easily located at a glance.It's a very large, substantial book. The soft leather cover is smooth and beautiful to the touch. The pages are thick enough to eliminate seeing the ghost image of the other side.Not cheap, but with some books, 'You only need one, so buy the best you can afford'. In this case, you WON'T regret it.Very highly recommended.It now has a permanent place on my study desk, alongside the Readers' UBS NT.

The conjugation key code is genius. It is bible, lexicon, glossary and grammar, all as one resource.It is easy to use and enables a flow of narration and transliteration at speed and efficiently, although there are some excellent grammars and Readers out there.If you are serious about reading and transliterating Biblical Hebrew whilst developing an understanding of the nuance of grammar, this book is an absolute Must Buy. It will save you hundreds of hours of labour.

This is a beautiful book to hold, the printing is crystal clear and the updated and translated material excellent.This is the critical Hebrew bible to own!