"The Targum of Lamentations. The Aramaic Bible" by Kevin Cathcart, Phi

"The Targum of Lamentations" by Kevin Cathcart, Philip S. Alexander

The Aramaic Bible

Liturgical Press | 2008 | ISBN: 0814658644 | 241 pages | PDF | 5 Mb

This is an extremely useful book for all who are interested in the interpretation of the book of Lamentations in ancient Judaism and Christianity. In this translation with copious notes, one recognizes without effort the fingerprint of the acribious and erudite scholar who made it.

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The first half of the book is taken by an introduction (1–105) that contains a meticulous presentation of the status quaestionis of nearly all relevant issues with regard

to this Targum:

1) The Text of Targum Lamentations

2) The Language of Targum Lamentations

3) The Unity and Integrity of Targum Lamentations

4) The Theology of Targum Lamentations

5) Targum Lamentations and the Masoretic Text

6) Targum Lamentations in the History of Exegesis

7) Targum Lamentations and Jewish Liturgy

8) The Provenance and Date of Targum Lamentations

9) Bibliography.

A translation of the "Western" text with a selective critical apparatus and extensive notes, which in fact often approach a full commentary, appear on pages 109–87. The appendix contains a translation with apparatus and very succinct notes of the abbreviated version current in

Yemen.

The notes are usually the result of a rethinking of many issues in the light of the author’swork, rather than a form of criticism.

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