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The second meeting of the International Organization for Targumic Study will be held in conjunction with the XVI Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament in Oslo, Norway on July 30-31, 1998. For booking information, contact the coordinator of the IOSOT meeting: Professor H.M. Barstad, IOSOT Congress, Dept. of Biblical Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1023 Blindern, N-0315 Oslo, Norway.

The papers to be given at the IOTS conference are:

Philip S. Alexander, "The Treatment of the Hasmonean Period in Targum Canticles"

Hector Ignacio Avalos, "New Directions in the Study of the Judeo-Spanish Versions of the Targums"

Luis Diez Merino, "The Complete Aramaic Bible in a Single Tradition"

Paul V.M. Flesher, "Is Onkelos a Palestinian Targum? The Evidence of Genesis 28-50"

Uwe Glessmer, "A Targum to Joshua 5 from the Genizah, in Light of DSS Manuscripts"

David M. Golomb, "Solomon as a 'Hidden Character' in the Pentateuchal Targumim to Levitcus 20:1-6"

Rimon Kasher, "The Attitude of the Targums towards Biblical Myths"

James M. Lindenberger, "What ever Happened to Vidranga?&emdash;A Jewish Liturgy of Cursing from Elephantine (AP 30:16-17a // 31:15-16a)"

Beverly P. Mortensen, "Targum Pseudo-Jonathan versus the Proto-Palestinian Targum: Two Agendae"

Josep Ribera-Florit, "The Use of the Derash Method in the Targum Ezekiel"

Alexander Samely, "Topical Segments of Scripture: Midrashic Appropriation and Targumic Rendering"

David Shepherd, "The Relationship between Ms. Solger of the Targum to Job and the Bomberg Edition"

Willem F. Smelik, "The Yemenite Text of Targum Judges: A Stemmatological Approach"

Roger Syrén, "Angels as Men, Men as Angels"

Abraham Tal, "Is There a Raison d'Etre for an Aramaic Targum in a Hebrew-speaking Society"

Madeleine Taradach, "Targum of Qohelet" (editio princeps of Salamanca Ms. M 2)"

Dan Urman, "On the Identification of 'Golan in Bashan' (Deut. 4:43) in Light of the Targumic Literature, Midrash Tanhuma, and Recent Archaeological Discoveries"

Eveline van Staalduine-Sulman, "Reward and Punishment in the Messianic Age (Targum 2 Samuel 23:1-8)"

The Journal for the Aramaic Bible is moving closer to publication. The Chair of the Executive Editorial Committee, Johannes de Moor, has signed a three-year contract with Sheffield Academic Press for publication on behalf of the Editorial Board. There will be an official announcement of the journal at the IOTS meeting this summer, with the first issue appearing in January of 1999. Submissions are now invited. Please direct inquiries and papers to The Secretary, JAB, Dr. Willem F. Smelik, ThUK, P.O. Box 5021, 8260 GA Kampen, The Netherlands.

Scholarships include traveling expenses to and from Kampen, accommodation, facilities (desk, computer, library services) and a modest monthly salary. The maximum duration of the appointment is five months. In the case of PhD/DD students their supervisor(s) must include a letter of consent. Appointees are expected to work for the team two days a week; for the remainder of the week, they may devote themselves to their own research.

The Syriac Symposium III&emdash;The Aramaic Heritage of Syria will be held June 17-20, 1999 at the University of Notre Dame. Papers are invited on all aspects of Syriac Christianity, Syriac, and relationships with other cultural and religious groups. Paper titles with a 250-word abstract are due by October 1, 1998. More information can be obtained on the website (http://www.nd.edu:80/~col/syriac.html) or by writing: Syriac Symposium III, Classics Department&emdash;304 O'Shaughnessy Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA. Email: joseph.p.amar.1@nd.edu

SyrCOM-99: The Third International Forum on Syriac Computing will be held in conjunction with the Syriac Symposium III. Papers on all aspects of Syriac computing are desired. For further information, see the website (http://www.acad.cua.edu/syrcom/SCForum/FSC3.html) or e-mail Dr. George A. Kiraz at: gkiraz@research.bell-labs.com.

The Newsletter is working to add translations of targums to its web-site. S. Levey's translation of the Ruth Targum is now available, and Etheridge's translation of Pseudo-Jonathan is in the process of being added. If you know of any translation that is not subject to copyright restrictions, or if you have done one yourself you would be willing to share, please contact the Executive Editor.

Addenda

(With Short Titles referenced in Bibliography)

Targum Studies, vol. 2 - Targum Studies, vol. 2, Targum and Peshitta, Paul V.M. Flesher, ed., South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism 165 (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998).

The Text and I - Chyet, S.F., ed., The Text and I: Writings of Samson H. Levey, S.F. Chyet, ed., South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism 166 (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998).