Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : fifty-five years of Targum study -- Targumic studies -- Half a century of Targum study -- The Aramaic translations : a newly recognised aid for New Testament study -- Some recent writings (pre-1980) on rabbinic literature and the Targums -- The Michael Glazier-Liturgical Press Aramaic Bible Project : some reflections -- On Englishing the Targums -- Towards an English synoptic presentation of the Pentateuchal Targums -- Some early rabbinic citations and the Palestinian Targum to the Pentateuch -- The language situation in first-century Palestine : Aramaic and Greek -- Interpretation of Scripture in the Targums -- Variegated Judaism : some Targum themes -- Melchizedek : Gen 14:17-20 in the Targums, in rabbinic and early Christian literature -- Reception of the Hebrew text of Leviticus in the Targums -- Early exegesis in the Palestinian Targum (Neofiti) : Numbers chapter 21 -- Early exegesis in the Palestinian Targum (Neofiti 1) : Numbers chapter 24 -- The colophon of Codex Neofiti 1 : the scribe Menahem and the Roman medical family of Manuele -- Midrash, Apocrypha, culture medium and development of doctrine : some facts in quest of a terminology -- Logos of the Fourth Gospel and memra of the Palestinian Targum (Exod 12:42) -- "To prepare a resting-place for you" : a Targumic expression and John 14:2-3 -- The ascension and the exaltation of Christ in the Fourth Gospel -- [To de (Hagar) Sina oros estin en t e Arabia] (Gal 4:25a) : Paul and Petra -- Targum and the New Testament : a revisit -- Targums and New Testament, a way forward? Targums, tel-like character, a continuum.