Theory and Method
The Oxford Hebrew Bible will be a new critical edition of the Hebrew Bible featuring a critical text, apparatus, and text-critical introduction and commentary. Each book of the Hebrew Bible will be addressed in a separate volume, published by Oxford University Press, with a single volume each for the Minor Prophets, the Megillot, and Ezra-Nehemiah. This project represents a departure from the other major textual editions (the Biblia Hebraica Quinta and the Hebrew University Bible), which are diplomatic editions. The rationale for producing a critical edition with a critical text (also called an eclectic edition) is addressed in the attached article, "The Oxford Hebrew Bible: Prologue to a New Critical Edition" (in PDF format).