TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stec,David M.
TI  - The text of the Targum of Job: an introduction and critical edition 
T2  - Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums,
SN  - 9004098747
AV  - BS1414 
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Leiden, New York
PB  - E.J. Brill
KW  - Bible
KW  - O.T
KW  - Job
KW  - Aramaic
KW  - Criticism, Textual
N1  - English and Aramaic; Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Manchester, 1989; 1 (pages 119.-120) and indexes; 2
N2  - 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
ER  -