Alternative targum traditions : the use of variant readings for the study in origin and history of targum Jonathan / by Alberdina Houtman and Harry Sysling.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-289) and index.
Contents
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Signs; Introduction; Chapter One -- Preliminary Issues; Chapter Two -- Tosefta Targums and Other Targumic Traditions to the Books of Samuel; Chapter Three -- Quotations of Targumic Passages from the Prophets in Rabbinic and Medieval Sources; Chapter Four -- Summary and Conclusions; Appendix One -- Targumic Quotations from the Prophets in the Order of the Works in which they Appear; Appendix Two -- Targumic Quotations from the Prophets in the Biblical Order; Bibliography; Index of Primary Sources.
Summary
This study explores the possibility of using variant readings of the Targum of the Prophets to get better insight into the origin and history of Targum Jonathan. The book is useful for the study of the genesis of Targum Jonathan and its later developments.