Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, Genesis. The Aramaic Bible [Volume 1B (only) — but the complete Book of Genesis, with critical notes]

Maher, Michael (translator, editor). Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, Genesis. The Aramaic Bible [Volume 1B (only) — but the complete Book of Genesis, with critical notes]. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1992. First edition thus. Large octavo (10-1/4″ x 7-1/4″). xiv, 208pp. Indices and 18 page bibliography. Text in English. Black cloth lettered in gilt. A fine, as new copy.

“While any translation of the scriptures may in Hebrew be called a Targum, the word is used especially for a translation of a book of the Hebrew Bible into Aramaic. Before the Christian era Aramaic had in good part replaced Hebrew in Palestine as the vernacular of the Jews. It continued as their vernacular for centuries later and remained in part as the language of the schools after Aramaic itself had been replaced as the vernacular.” (Editor’s foreword)

Note: This single volume of The Aramaic Bible is complete in itself. It encompasses the entire Book of Genesis (with critical notes) from Chapter 1, verse 1 to Chapter 50, verse 26. Fine. Hardcover. (52148) $95