Includes index.

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Tables -- Introduction / David Shepherd, Jan Joosten and Michaël N. van der Meer -- Fresh Approaches to Septuagint/Old Greek and Targum -- Reflecting on the Creation (בראשית): a Comparison of Genesis 1 in the Pentateuchal Targumim and the Septuagint / Johann Cook -- The Passover of Egypt in Septuagint and Targum of Exodus 12 / C.T.R. Hayward -- The Greek and Aramaic Versions of Joshua 3–4 / Michaël N. van der Meer -- Optimal Translation in LXX and Tg. Jon. of 1 Samuel 1:1–5: Outline of a Comparative Theory of Translation Technique / Jeremy M. Hutton -- No Death without Sin on the New Earth: Isaiah 65:20 in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic / Paul Sanders -- The Old Greek of Isaiah and the Isaiah Targum: What Do They Have in Common? / Arie van der Kooij -- Targum Jonathan and Its Relation to the Septuagint in the Book of Hosea / Jan Joosten -- The Premature Death of the Wicked in the Old Greek of Proverbs / Anne-Françoise Loiseau -- Beyond Targum and LXX -- The Septuagint and Jewish Translation Traditions / James K. Aitken -- See God and Die? Job’s Final Words (42:6) according to His First Aramaic and Greek Interpreters / David J. Shepherd -- A Comparative Study of the Translation Techniques of the Old Greek and Qumran Aramaic (4Q156) Versions of Leviticus / Alun Morton Thomas -- More Evidence for a Samaritan Greek Bible: Two Septuagint Translation Traditions in the Samaritan Targum / Christian Stadel -- Targum Onqelos and Rabbinic Interpretation in the Jewish Greek Translations of the Bible / Shifra Sznol -- Simeon the Just, the Septuagint and Targum Jonathan / Eveline van Staalduine-Sulman -- Back Matter -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors.

In Septuagint, Targum and Beyond leading experts in the fields of biblical textual criticism and reception history explore the relationship between the two major Jewish translation traditions of the Hebrew Bible. In comparing these Greek and Aramaic versions from Jewish antiquity the essays collected here not only tackle the questions of mutual influence and common exegetical traditions, but also move beyond questions of direct dependence, applying insights from modern translation studies and comparing corpora beyond the Old Greek and Targum, including, for instance, Greek and Aramaic translations found at Qumran, the Samareitikon, and later Greek versions.