http://targum.info Newsletter for Targumic and Cognate Studies Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:53:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The 2010 International Organization for Targumic Studies conference is nearly here! Held triennially as part of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, this year's conference is in Helsinki, Finland during the first week in August. The programme has just been posted at the conference website and ... http://targum.info/2010/06/10/iots-2010-programme-announced/ I received a note from friend and colleague Dineke Houtman about the publication of a new projection on the origin and history of Targum Jonathan. This book was a collaborative project with Harry Sysling and is being published by Brill. Volume 9 in the Studies in the Aramaic Interpretation of ... http://targum.info/2009/09/11/new-book-on-targum-jonathan/ We are only a year away from the triennial IOSOT meeting and its associated meetings which includes the IOTS. The Congress will be held at the University of Helsinki and the associated meetings will overlap a bit more this time which should help to reduce costs, 10 days in Slovenia ... http://targum.info/2009/07/13/call-for-papers-international-organization-for-targum-studies/ The website for the next IOSOT is now up! I will certianly be going for IOSOT and of course IOTS, the International Organziation for Targum Studies. Details of the IOTS program including a call for papers will appear here in due course. President of the IOSOT Professor Raija Sollamo Welcome to IOSOT-congress The ... http://targum.info/2009/01/15/the-20th-congress-of-iosot-1-6-august-2010/ Steve Kaufman would like to invite all targumists to share with him a list of the additional features that they would like to see implemented on the CAL targum research site. The CAL is the Comprehensive  Aramaic Lexicon and is an excellent resource. Be sure to check it out if ... http://targum.info/2008/10/22/what-would-you-like-to-see-on-cal/ From our beloved IOTS President Willem Smelik: Dear members of the IOTS and other interested parties, The IOTS has long discussed the desirability of new editions of (most of) the Targums. A first task, the collection of data on targumic manuscripts, has already started and has come to a promising, even ... http://targum.info/2008/10/08/targum-sigla-project/ 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 ... http://targum.info/2008/09/11/targumic-studies-on-google-books/ I (finally!) have the wiki set up. The idea is to have scholars contribute articles on Aramaic, Syriac, Targum, Peshitta, and other related subjects so that this site can become a reliable resource. You already know that the Newlsetter itself already has some targumic texts available in English translations, bibliography, ... http://targum.info/2008/07/25/ntcs-wiki/ I am pleased to be able to post on NTCS images for TgLam and TgRuth from the Codex Solger MS 1-7.2° (Solger) manuscript. The images are made available with the permission of the Stadtbibliothek Nürnberg. They can be found under the "Targumim of the Megillot" section of this site Codex Solger ... http://targum.info/2008/07/11/images-from-the-solger-ms-available-for-tglam-and-tgruth/ I just realized I never posted my final report from the IOSOT conference, including the announcement of where the next conference in 2010 will be. So, cross-posting from my blog: Today was the final day of the XIXth IOSOT Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia. A few notes from the meeting. Vetus Testamentum Carol Newsome ... http://targum.info/2008/05/12/iosot-iots-2010/