The publication of two full volumes of The Hebrew University Bible (HUB), in 1995 and 1997, followed in 1998 by the publication of an initial, sample fascicle of Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ), provides the opportunity to offer a perspective on the place each project may eventually have in the history of the text of the Hebrew Bible. (1) When viewed in terms of the history of textual criticism since the sixteenth century, the concept underlying the Hebrew University Bible Project (HUBP) has been revolutionary from its inception in 1955. The Hebrew Old Testament Text Project (HOTTP), which had its inception in 1969, sponsored by the United Bible Societies (UBS), independently joined the HUBP in that revolution. The two projects had quite different needs out of which they separately grew, but they converged in concept as the independent work on each progressed.
