Studies in the Language of Targum Canticles

‎Contents
‎Acknowledgements
‎Figures and Tables
‎Abbreviations
‎Symbols, Terminology, and Conventions
‎Chapter 1. Introduction
‎Chapter 2. Dialect
‎Chapter 3. Recensions
	‎1. Critical Editions
‎Chapter 4. Date of Composition
	‎1. Arabic Influence
		‎1.1. Summary
		‎1.2. Is the Gemstone List Adscititious?
		‎1.3. The Gemstone List in the Yemenite Witnesses
		‎1.4. Conclusions
	‎2. The Ishmaelites
	‎3. Olibanum?
		‎3.1. Summary
‎Chapter 5. Nominal State
‎Chapter 6. Verbal Stems
	‎1. Phonological Development?
	‎2. Recalibration of Semantic Ranges
	‎3. Non-normative Infinitives
		‎3.1. ‮למחסן‬‎
		‎3.2. ‮למחרט‬‎
		‎3.3. ‮למטעי‬‎
		‎3.4. ‮למטפי‬‎
		‎3.5. ‮למנגד‬‎
		‎3.6. ‮למפטר‬‎
		‎3.7. ‮למקרב‬‎
	‎4. Summary
‎Chapter 7. Gender
	‎1. Feminine Nouns with Masculine Agreement
	‎2. Androgyny: ‮נפש‬‎
	‎3. Masculine Nouns with Feminine Agreement
	‎4. Gender Shift: ‮בההיא זמנא‬‎
	‎5. Gender Shift: ‮בעידנא ההיא‬‎
‎Chapter 8. Semantic Anomalies
	‎1. ‮אילולי‬‎
	‎2. ‮מאים‬‎
	‎3. ‮אן‬‎
	‎4. ‮פון‬‎
		‎4.1. ‮פון‬‎ in jlatg.
		‎4.2. ‮פון‬‎ in ljlatg.
		‎4.3. Conclusions
	‎5. √‮חקק‬‎G
	‎6. Summary
‎Chapter 9. Argument Marking
	‎1. Synthetic Pronominal Object Constructions
	‎2. Repurposing of mt Argument Markers
		‎2.1. Other Exegetical Strategies Involving Prepositions
		‎2.2. Pronominal Repurposing
	‎3. Alternation between ‮ית‬‎ and ‮ל‬‎
		‎3.1. Ambiguous Cases
		‎3.2. Tendency of ‮ל‬‎ to Mark Non-patient Arguments
	‎4. Arguments Marked by ‮מן‬‎
	‎5. Arguments Marked by ‮ב‬‎
	‎6. Mis-readings of TgShir 1.8—the Volitive ‮אי בעיא‬‎
	‎7. Mis-readings of TgShir 1.8—the Infinitive ‮למיחי‬‎
	‎8. Possible Misreading of TgShir 1.10
	‎9. Use of ‮ב‬‎ to Encode goal Arguments of Verbs of Motion
		‎9.1. √‮קרב‬‎D/G? ‘to Bring near’
		‎9.2. √‮שׁדר‬‎D ‘to Send’
		‎9.3. √‮גלי‬‎C ‘to Exile’
		‎9.4. √‮יבל‬‎C ‘to Lead’
		‎9.5. Summary
	‎10. Marking of Causee in Adjuration Formulae
	‎11. Marking of Comparata
‎Chapter 10. Quotative Construction: Verb of Speaking + ‮וכן אמר‬‎
‎Chapter 11. Conclusions
‎Chapter 12. Geniza Fragments Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, T-S B11.81 & T-S NS 312
	‎1. Introduction
	‎2. Annotated Transcription
		‎2.1. T-S B11.81, 1r: TgShir 2.7–11
		‎2.2. T-S B11.81, 1v: TgShir 2.11–16
		‎2.3. T-S B11.81, 2r: TgShir 4.12–5.2
		‎2.4. T-S B11.81, 2v: TgShir 5.2–8
		‎2.5. T-S NS 312.3B: TgShir 5.9–14
		‎2.6. T-S NS 312.3F TgShir 5.14–6.2
‎Chapter 13. Geniza Fragment Oxford, Bodleian Library, Heb. f. 56 (folios 105a–113a)
	‎1. Introduction
	‎2. Linguistic Profile of the Judaeo-Arabic Translation
	‎3. Annotated Transcription
		‎3.1. f. 105a: TgShir 6.9–12
		‎3.2. f. 105b: TgShir 6.12–7.2
		‎3.3. f. 106a: TgShir 7.2–3
		‎3.4. f. 106b: TgShir 7.3–5
		‎3.5. f. 107a: TgShir 7.5–6
		‎3.6. f. 107b: TgShir 7.6–8
		‎3.7. f. 108a: TgShir 8.1–3
		‎3.8. f. 108b: TgShir 8.3–5
		‎3.9. f. 109a: TgShir 8.5
		‎3.10. f. 109b: TgShir 8.5–7
		‎3.11. f. 110a: TgShir 8.7–9
		‎3.12. f. 110b: TgShir 8.9
		‎3.13. f. 111a: TgShir 8.10–11
		‎3.14. f. 111b: TgShir 8.11–12
		‎3.15. f. 112a: TgShir 8.12–13
		‎3.16. f. 112b: TgShir 8.14
		‎3.17. f. 113a: TgShir 8.14 & Colophon
		‎3.18. f. 113b: Colophon
‎Appendix 1. The Isaianic Citation in TgShir 1.1
‎Appendix 2. The Syntax of TgShir 2.6
‎Appendix 3. The Text of TgShir 5.3
‎Appendix 4. The Syntax of TgShir 5.11
‎Appendix 5. The Lexica of TgShir & Zoharic Literature
‎Bibliography
‎Index of Subjects
‎Index of Lexemes
‎Index of Primary Sources