The Targum on Job

37 Pages Posted: 17 Oct 2019

Date Written: May 4, 1971

Abstract

I wrote this paper when I was a senior at Brandeis University 48 years ago. The paper relied on the printed edition of the Targum and did not consider manuscript variations. David M. Steg produced a critical edition, “The Text of the Targum of Job,” published by E.J. Brill in 1994, which ought to be consulted before making a further analysis. As it was written, the paper presumes the reader understands the original Hebrew and the Aramaic. I wish I had added more English translations of both. Nonetheless I hope that the paper provides a useful look at the literary style and the midrashic elements of the Targum. The translator had the task of reconciling the conflicting views of the author(s) of Job with rabbinic ideas of reward and punishment and the after-life.

Note: My thanks to the Chloe Morse-Harding, the reference and instructional archivist at Brandeis University for sending me a pdf of the paper.

Keywords: Targum, The Book of Job, Midrash

Suggested Citation

Friedell, Steven F., The Targum on Job (May 4, 1971). Rutgers Law School Research Paper , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3459264 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3459264

Steven F. Friedell (Contact Author)

Rutgers Law School ( email )

Newark, NJ
United States

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