Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia is a 1969 publication of the Old Testament of the Holy Bible and was edited by Karl Elliger, Wilhelm Rudolph, and Otto Eißfeldt. It is the fourth edition of the Biblia Hebraica series and published by Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft (Germany). This version uses the Leningrad Codex as a primary source and translates text from Hebrew and Aramaic. It is over 1,500 pages long and includes extensive footnotes.

The Leningrad Codex (Cairo Bible) is one of the oldest complete manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible that contains the Genesis creation myth, as well as others. According to its colophon, it was written in 1008 CE by Samuel ben Jacob Jam'a, a scribe. The manuscript is housed at a museum in Russia and is an important manuscript for Biblical scholars.

The Codex Vaticanus (300-399 CE) is one of the oldest manuscripts of the entire Holy Bible and one of the four great uncial codices. It was written by three scribes in the 4th century of the common era. It contains a hand-written transcript of the New Testament and Old Testament in the Greek language. It is currently at the Vatican Library and shelfmarked as MSS Vat.gr.1209.

The Biblia Hebraica (Rudolf Kittel version, or BHK) is the first edition of the BH series of texts that contain the Old Testament portion of the Holy Bible. It was first published by Rudolf Kittel in 1906 and includes Hebrew and Aramaic text, along with extensive footnotes. This part contains pages 553-1320 and is based heavily on the Leningrad Codex manuscript. This version would later be supplanted by a Standard version, abbreviated as BHS.

The Codex Alexandrinus manuscript is one of the four great uncial codices. This first part of the Old Testament was released on behalf of the British Museum in 1915. The editor was Frederic G. Kenyon. It contains books Genesis through Ruth.