A Simplified Guide to BHS: Critical Apparatus, Masora, Accents, Unusual Letters & Other Markings (English, Hebrew, Arabic and Latin Edition)

Third Edition. This is the newest edition of a very popular manual which is used in classrooms around the world to assist students learning to read the Hebrew Bible. It contains a simple and straightforward discussion of the masoretes, the masoretic tradition, the critical apparatus of BHS, the Masora, the accents, unusual letters and other markings. The third edition contains an index. Also bound in this volume is Dr. H. P. Rüger's An English Key to the Latin Words and Abbreviations and the Symbols of Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia.

William R. Scott holds a B.A. from the University of Chicago, an M.Div. from the American Baptist Seminary of the West, an M.A. in Biblical Studies from The Graduate Theological Union, and a Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible from The Johns Hopkins University. He has taught at the American Baptist Seminary of the West, The Johns Hopkins University and Chapman College. From 1993 to 1997, he was the director of BIBAL Press and is currently the president of D. & F. Scott Publishing, Inc.