Roughly speaking, there are three classes of editions of the Hebrew text: 1. Since the original text of the Bible was written in Hebrew or Greek (the original Aramaic portions can for the present purpose be considered as coincident with the Hebrew), our study of its printed reproductions naturally considers first the editions of the Hebrew text, and secondly those of the Greek. The translations of the Bible will be treated under the title Versions of the Bible. 499, 500) will be found an explanation of the critical nomenclature of Bible codices and the symbols by which they are denoted.
in the latter part of which article (Vol.
The written reproductions are described under Codex Alexandrinus and similar articles.
We are not concerned with copies of the versions of the Bible, whether printed or written nor do we purpose to consider the manuscript copies of the original text. In the present article we understand by editions of the Bible the printed reproductions of its original texts.
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