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Topic: How is the Kalmus edition of the WTC?  (Read 2156 times)

Offline mosis

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How is the Kalmus edition of the WTC?
on: July 02, 2004, 02:46:03 AM
I have both volumes of the Bible, newly engraved. They're all edited by Dr. Hans Bischoff, and he uses many, many sources apart from the Urtext and has a load of footnotes under each piece, showing the variations from original manuscript and other publishers. I just wanted to know if this was a good edition, as I've started serious study of the aforementioned works.

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Re: How is the Kalmus edition of the WTC?
Reply #1 on: July 02, 2004, 03:08:36 AM
I have the Kalmus edition of the WTC as well.  I haven't done too much serious study of it so far, but it seems to be pretty well researched.

I don't have anything to compare it to, though, so I'd be curious to see what others say about it.

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Re: How is the Kalmus edition of the WTC?
Reply #2 on: July 02, 2004, 07:14:07 AM
I dont actually have the collection of WTC on Kalmus, but through previous experience, I avoid Kalmus at all costs because there are frequent printing and editing screwups, and the 16th and 32th and 64th notes are always blurry and difficult to work with.

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Re: How is the Kalmus edition of the WTC?
Reply #3 on: July 03, 2004, 04:31:54 AM
The Kalmus WTC is newly engraved. It's very high quality print.
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