English and Aramaic.

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Manchester, 1989.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-120) and indexes.

Preliminary Material / David M. Stec -- INTRODUCTION / David M. Stec -- THE PRINTED EDITIONS / David M. Stec -- THE MANUSCRIPTS / David M. Stec -- THE STEMMA / David M. Stec -- MULTIPLE TRANSLATION / David M. Stec -- THE METHODS USED IN THIS EDITION / David M. Stec -- BIBLIOGRAPHY / David M. Stec -- INDEXES / David M. Stec -- KEY TO THE SIGLA AND SYMBOLS USED IN THIS EDITION / David M. Stec -- מכלבדע ו כל׆ > ב / David M. Stec -- NOTES / David M. Stec -- OBVIOUS ERRORS NOT NOTED IN THE APPARATUS / David M. Stec -- ERRORS IN DÍEZ MERINO'S TRANSCRIPITON OF MS MADRID 116-Z-40 / David M. Stec.

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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.

English and Aramaic.