The text of the Targum of Job : : an introduction and critical edition / / by David M. Stec.

• Superior document: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 20
• VerfasserIn: Stec, David M.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Stec, David M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1994.
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Language: English; Aramaic
• Series: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums ; Bd. 20.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 129, 339 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Manchester, 1989.
• Other title: Bible. Job. Aramaic. 1994.; Preliminary Material /; INTRODUCTION /; THE PRINTED EDITIONS /; THE MANUSCRIPTS /; THE STEMMA /; MULTIPLE TRANSLATION /; THE METHODS USED IN THIS EDITION /; BIBLIOGRAPHY /; INDEXES /; KEY TO THE SIGLA AND SYMBOLS USED IN THIS EDITION /; מכלבדע ו כל׆ > ב /; NOTES /; OBVIOUS ERRORS NOT NOTED IN THE APPARATUS /; ERRORS IN DÍEZ MERINO'S TRANSCRIPITON OF MS MADRID 116-Z-40 /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004332731
• ISSN: 0169-734X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by David M. Stec.

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.