Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Signs -- 1. Bible and Targum -- 2. Rabbinic Literature -- 3. Journals, Books & Series -- 4. Signs Used in the Reproduction of the Texts -- Introduction -- Why this book? -- What to expect? -- Chapter One - Preliminary Issues -- A. Definition: What is a Targum? -- 1. The semantic field of 'targum' in rabbinic literature -- 2. The character of Targum as a Bible translation according to rabbinic literature -- 3. Characteristics of Jewish Bible translations according to early Christian sources -- 4. Modern definitions -- 5. Different targum types -- 6. Targum characteristics -- 7. Qumran Aramaic versions -- B. Background to the Targums -- 1. The raison d'être -- 2. Sitz im Leben -- C. Survey and Conclusions -- Chapter Two - Tosefta Targums and Other Targumic Traditions to the Books of Samuel -- A. Survey of Previous Research on the Tosefta Targums -- 1. Excursus: the case of the Pentateuch -- B. Piyyut -- 1. Aramaic poetry -- C. Description of the Corpus -- 1. The main sources -- 2. Distribution among the sources -- D. Characterisation of the Toseftan Material According to their Designations -- 1. Sefer aḥer -- 2. Lishna Aḥerina -- 3. Jerushalmi -- 4. Tosefta -- 5. No special designation -- 6. Special cases -- E. Survey and Conclusions -- 1. Do all the Tosefta Targums treated here deserve their name? -- 2. Are there linguistic tendencies to be noted in the toseftan material? -- 3. Are there other common tendencies to be discovered in the toseftan material? -- Chapter Three - Quotations of Targumic Passages from the Prophets in Rabbinic and Medieval Sources -- A. Survey of Previous Research on Targumic Quotations -- B. How to Define a Quotation -- 1. Explicit quotations -- 2. Implicit quotations -- 3. Philological interpretation of biblical words -- C. Exchangeability of Aramaic and Hebrew Quotations.

D. Sources: Characterisation of the Material in the Different Sources -- 1. Quotations from the Prophets in the Palestinian Targums to the Pentateuch -- 2. Quotations from the Prophets in Targum Esther Sheni and Targum Canticles -- 3. Quotations from the Prophets in the Tosefta Targums -- 4. Quotations from the Prophets in magical texts -- 5. Quotations from the Prophets in the Babylonian Talmud -- 6. Quotations from the Prophets in the Palestinian Talmud -- 7. Quotations in the Midrashim -- E. Survey and Conclusions -- Chapter Four - Summary and Conclusions -- A. Evaluation of the Terminology -- B. Assessment of the Variants -- C. The Origin and Early Development of the Targum of the Prophets -- 1. The common opinion -- 2. Evaluation of the evidence -- 3. Sitz im Leben -- 4. Epilogue -- Appendix One - Targumic Quotations from the Prophets in the Order of the Works in which they Appear -- A. Targum, Magical Texts and Rabbinic Literature -- 1. Targum -- 2. Magical texts -- 3. Talmud -- 4. Midrash -- B. Medieval Works -- 1. Late Midrash and Kabbalah -- 2. Dictionaries and lexical works -- 3. Bible and Bible commentaries -- 4. Tosafot and other commentaries on rabbinic literature -- 5. Piyyut and prayer books -- Appendix Two - Targumic Quotations from the Prophets in the Biblical Order -- Bibliography -- Primary Literature -- Secondary Literature -- Index of Primary Sources -- Biblical References -- Early Christian Literature -- Early Jewish Literature -- Rabbinic Literature -- Medieval Literature.