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Targumic studies on Google Books

C Brady — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:28:03 +0000

I received an email today from Bro. Larry Kelsey with a link to Pauli’s translation of Targum Isaiah on Google Books. The excellent suggestion was that I should add it to our links of targumic texts in English translation available over at the Newsletter for Targumic and Cognate Studies (which I have done).

That started me poking around and while I am sure this is old hat to many of you, I was amazed at how many books on the targumim, current and recent volumes, are readily available there! In full form! Including my own, The Rabbinic Targum of Lamentations (although for some reason it is classified as “architecture”). Various volumes of the Aramaic Bible series are there and seem to be complete (some, like mine, are listed as “limited preview” but with 5 minutes of poking around several volumes I didn’t find any missing pages). So if you are looking for quick access to various and important studies on targumic literature and don’t have a library to hand, be sure to check out Google Books.

Targumim on the Palm

C Brady — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:59:06 +0000

I have now added the targumim files for Palm devices under the “Targumic Texts” section. You can use this link to go directly there. I am grateful to Prof. Steve Kaufman and the crew at the Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon for making these texts available. They have been put into the Palm format by Prof. Kaufman’s student David Everson.

Targumim in Translation Available

C Brady — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:17:09 +0000

The English translations of the Targumim formerly available on the old site are all now accessible at the “Targumic Texts” page (see the tabs/links below the header). Texts currently available include:

Pentateuch – Targum Pseudo-Jonathan and Onkelos (an 1892 translation by J. W. Etheridge)
Targumim to the Megilloth
- Song of Songs: A Translation by Jay C. Treat (this link will take you to another site)
- Ruth: A translation by Samson H. Levey
- Lamentations: A translation by Christian M. M. Brady
Targum Psalms (a new translation by Edward M. Cook, 2001)

If any of the links are broken or if you have access to translations of other Targumim that are free for distribution please drop me a note and I will place them on the site as well.