Targum Onkelos

Targum Onkelos is the primary Jewish Aramaic targum (translation) of the Torah, accepted as an authoritative translated text of the Pentateuch. It is said to have been written in the early second century CE., although scholars believe that it was later edited in Babylon in the 4th-5th centuries C.E.

This book is a reproduction with reasonable clarity (about 99% legible). The text does contain some pen markings by readers of the original book.

The Text is in Aramaic, fully vowel pointed and provided with Dagesh. The critical notes are found in volume 2.

Targum Onkelos is the accepted ancient Jewish translation of the Torah into Aramaic. Appart from the Greek LXX, Targum Onkelos is one of the earliest Jewish translations of the Pentateuch and is essential for understanding the ancient Jewish views on the Bible.