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Besides your textbooks (Brotzman and Wurthwein), E. Tov, Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible (3^rd edition, 2012), is an excellent introduction to the textual criticism of the Old Testament: BS1136 .T6813 2012
For solutions to text-critical problems, see D. Barthélemy, Critique textuelle de l’Ancien Testament: BS1136 .C74 1982 v.1-5

The main edition is BHS = R. Kittel, K. Elliger and W. Rudolph, eds., Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, available in the Reference section: REF BS715 .B5 1967
BHS is gradually being superseded by the volumes of BHQ = Biblia Hebraica Quinta, available in the Reference section: REF BS715 2004

The DSS are published in the series Discoveries in the Judean Desert, available on the lower floor: BM487 .A1
M.G. Abegg, et al., The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible is helpful for seeing the contents of the DSS at a glance in English translation: REF BS895 .A24 1999

An old critical edition is August von Gall, Der hebräische Pentateuch der Samaritaner: BM920 1918
A new diplomatic edition is Stefan Schorch et al., eds., The Samaritan Pentateuch: a critical editio maior: BM920 2018
A helpful grammar is Ze’ev Ben-Hayyim, A Grammar of Samaritan Hebrew: PJ4860 .B4613 2000
A new English translation is now available: Benyamim Tsedaka, The Israelite Samaritan version of the Torah: BM925

The best one-volume edition is A. Rahlfs and R. Hanhart, Septuaginta: id est Vetus Testamentum graece iuxta LXX interpretes: REF BS741 .R3 2006
A fully critical edition is Septuaginta: Vetus Testamentum Graecum (Göttingen): BS741 .S4 A8
A Reader’s Edition was made by Gregory R. Lanier and William A. Ross: REF BS741 .L36 2018
The standard English translation is A. Pietersma and B.G. Wright, New English Translation of the Septuagint: REF BS742 .P54 2007
A helpful resource is Karen Jobes and Moises Silva, Invitation to the Septuagint (Baker, 2000; 2nd ed, 2015)

For the Vulgate, you can find R. Weber, Biblia Sacra iuxta Vulgatam versionem, at REF BS75 2007 .W4

You can find the Targums in Aramaic (A. Sperber, The Bible in Aramaic – BS708 .S632 1959) and English (M. McNamara, The Aramaic Bible – BS709.2 .B51987)
The Peshitta (Syriac) version is available in a critical edition: The Old Testament in Syriac, at BS711 1973

The following sets often discuss text-critical issues. They are all available in the Commentary section on the upper floor
- NICOT = New International Commentary on the Old Testament
- ICC = International Critical Commentary
- AB = Anchor Bible Commentary
- WBC = Word Biblical Commentary

Your textbook, Bruce Metzger and Bart Ehrman's The Text of the New Testament: its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration: BS2325 .M4 T4 2005
Philip Comfort's, Encountering the Manuscripts is a fine introduction: BS1938 .C65 2005
Hixson, Elijah, and Peter J. Gurry, eds. Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2019: BS2325 .M98 2019
Wasserman, Tommy, Peter J. Gurry. A New Approach to Textual Criticism. An Introduction to the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method. Atlanta: SBL, 2017: BS476 .W366 2017

The main edition is fifth edition of The Greek New Testament, Aland et al., eds., (United Bible Societies) available at: REF BS1965 .N47 2014
The academic edition, with the same eclectic base text as UBS5, is the twenty-eighth edition of the Novum Testamentum Graece (NA28) available at: REF BS1965 .N47 2015

There are a number of commentaries dedicated to discussing NT textual problems.
- Comfort, P.W. New Testament Text & Translation Commentary. Available at BS1904.5 .C66 2008
- M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament. Second Edition. Available at BS2325 .M43 T4 1994
Many commentary series discuss text-critical issues. They are all available in the Commentary section on the upper floor
- NICOT = New International Commentary on the Old Testament
- ICC = International Critical Commentary
- AB = Anchor Bible Commentary
- WBC = Word Biblical Commentary