Targum Hiob 21,20–27 w Qumran

Abstract

This short study compares the targumic text of Job 21,20–27 with the masoretic text and with other Aramaic targums: the rabbinic targum and the Peshitta. The comparison of the three Aramaic targums shows both similarities and the differences at semantic and lexical levels. The similarities include literal phrases, synonyms – nouns and parallel verbs, literal verbs, literal sentences and literal word compounds. Some of the differences are periphrastic expressions, phrases with different meaning, active-passive constructions and traditions of the Septuagint. We also demonstrate the influence of the masoretic text upon the targum of Job in Qumran with regard to morphological and semantic elements such as literal phrases, suffixed nouns and verbs with adverbial prepositions. This research, which offers an insight into one short text of the targum of Job in Qumran, encourages us to explore the other 36 fragments of this targum to describe the transmission of the masoretic text in the Qumran community.