The Text of the Targum of Job - An Introduction and Critical Edition

The centrepiece of this book is a critical edition of the Targum of Job which notes all variants from a total of 14 manuscripts and 2 printed editions.
In the introductory section the first two chapters give a description of the principal printed editions and the manuscripts. A chapter on "The Stemma" considers how the various strands of textual tradition relate to each other. There is also a chapter on "Multiple Translation," a phenomenon particularly associated with the Targum of Job whereby more than one translation is often given to whole verses or to individual words and phrases. A final chapter describes in detail the methods underlying the critical edition.
This book will provide a useful tool for those working on the textual criticism of the Old Testament and for those interested in the history of Jewish biblical exegesis.

Product details

• Assisted by: Stec (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: Semitic (Other)
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.1994
• EAN: 9789004098749
• ISBN: 978-90-04-09874-9
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 248 mm x 36 mm
• Weight: 984 g
• Series: Arbeiten Zur Geschichte Des An
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism