Jeremiah - 𐤉𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤄𐤅

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Canonical Versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Masoretic Text of Jeremiah - in Hebrew	ירמיהו מקור: מִקְרָא עַל־פִּי הַמָּסוֹרָה	Leningrad Codex Aleppo Codex
Targum Jonathan on Jeremiah - in Jewish Aramaic	תרגום יונתן על ירמיהו מקור: מקראות גדולות של ספריא combined critical edition מקור: ארמיטה	Codex Reuchlinianus 3, 1105 CE Yemenite manuscript of Yosef ben Benayah ben Sa'adyah ben Zekharyah ben Margaz, 1483 CE
Peshitta Jeremiah - in Syriac Aramaic	ܐܪܡܝܐ ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה	Codex Ambrosianus
Ethiopic Jeremiah - in Ge'ez	ትንቢተ ፡ ዘኤርምያስ ፡ ነቢይ ። ዐይን: IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible, 1934), transcribed by THEOT Incomplete, preliminary critical edition (ch. 1-3) [doc. p: 28] ዐይን: Martin Heide "Minor recension" text ዐይን: Cambridge Ms. 1570 (translated by Jacob the Israelite, 1588), transcribed by THEOT; Jeremiah 2:1-37 compared across manuscripts transcribed by THEOT	Typical "early" mss.: EMML 2080 (14th-16th c.) [p: 104]; Gunda Gunde 63 (15th c.) [p: 3]; Gunda Gunde 183 ((15th c.) [p: 1]; EMIP 1029 (15th-16th c.) [p: 81]; EMML 7584 (16th c.) [p: 143]; d'Abbadie 55 (16th c.) Typical "standardized" mss.: EMML 6686 (17th c.) [p: 160]; D'Abbadie 35 (17th c.); BL Or 496 (17th c.)[p: 175]; Gunda Gunde 106 (1682-1706) [p: 137]; EMIP 945 (18th c.) [p: 3]; Unesco 10-12 (18th c.) [p: 3] Typical "modern" ms.: IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible) (1934) [p: 459r] Mss. representing a single "minor recension" (including one Beta Israel ms.): Beta Israel ms.: Berlin Peter 42 (15th c.); Cambridge Ms. 1570 (translated by Jacob the Israelite) (1588); Unesco 10-4 (late 17th-early 18th c.) [p: 139];
Septuagint Jeremiah - in Koine Greek	Ιερεμίας: Rahlfs' edition πηγή: nocr Swete's edition πηγή: biblehub	Codex Vaticanus (p: 1064)
Vulgate Jeremiah - in Latin	jeremias fons: vulgate.org	Codex Gigas

Non-canonical versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Dead Sea Scrolls versions of Jeremiah - in Hebrew	ספר ירמיהו : נוסחי מגילות ים המלח מקור: הדרך ליהוה	All Dead Sea Scrolls Jeremiah fragments
Additional fragmentary Hebrew version: Jeremiah wine seal (Jeremiah 48:11) - in Hebrew	חותם יין עם ירמיהו מ"ה:י"א "An Ancient Biblical Text" - W. A. Irwin	"Stamp seal with Hebrew text of Jeremiah 48-11, probably early centuries AD, terracotta - Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago"
Early Palestinian Christian versions of Jeremiah - in "Syriac" Aramaic	general fragments, fragment from the lectionary, additional fragment. ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה
Vetus Latina ("Old Latin") Jeremiah - in Latin	jeremiae fons: Petri Sabatier
Additional Jewish Targumim: Tosefta to Targum Jeremiah - in Jewish Aramaic	תוספתא לתרגום ירמיהו מקור: ארמיטה

Significantly related biblical texts:

Books in the tradition of Jeremiah:

• Lamentations
• Baruch
• Epistle of Jeremiah
• Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch ("2 Baruch")
• Greek Apocalypse of Baruch ("3 Baruch")
• "Rest of the Words of Baruch" ("4 Baruch")
• Ethiopic Apocalypse of Baruch ("5 Baruch")

Odes or Canticles: presents liturgical recensions of Jeremiah ch. 31.

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