Judges - 𐤔𐤅𐤐𐤈𐤉𐤌

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Canonical Versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Masoretic Text of Judges - in Hebrew	שופטים (לפי נוסח חמסורה) מקור: מִקְרָא עַל־פִּי הַמָּסוֹרָה	Leningrad Codex Aleppo Codex
Targum Jonathan on Judges - in Jewish Aramaic	תרגום יונתן על שופטים מקור: מקראות גדולות של ספריא combined critical edition מקור: ארמיטה	Yemenite manuscript of Yosef ben Benayah ben Sa'adyah ben Zekharyah ben Margaz, 1483 CE Codex Reuchlinianus 3, 1105 CE
Peshitta Judges - in Syriac Aramaic	ܕܝܢ̈ܐ ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה	Codex Ambrosianus
Orit Judges - in Ge'ez	ኦሪት ፡ ዘመሳፍንት ። ዐይን: Augustus Dillman manuscript transcriptions from THEOT: Cambridge Ms. 1570; Davies Dabra Bizan; EthioSpare Ura Masqal 40; Unesco 2-4; all THEOT transcriptions aligned by verse	"Pre-Solomonic" ms.: BN Éth. 3 (1262-1277) Typical "early" mss.: Davies Kebran (1417/18) [p: 199]; EMML 1929 (1434-68) [p: 241]; EMML 9001 (15th c.) [p: 113];Gunda Gunde 88 (15th c.) [p:30]; Davies Bizan 1 (16th c.) [p: 156] Typical "standardized" and "modern" mss.: EMML 6359 (1678) [p: 123]; EMIP 754 (18th c.) [p: 59]; EMML 39 (19th c.) [p: 163]; EMIP 1115 (1895/6) [p: 243] Unesco 2-4 (1900-1925) [p: 148]; IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible) (1934) [p: 109r] Beta Israel mss.: NLI Tofsei HaOrit 2 (scribe Amda Maryam) (15th-16th c.); NLI Or. 87 (Hoharwa Monastery) (17th c.); EMIP 2111 (Haverford Octateuch) (17th-18th c.) [p: 170]; D'Abbadie 148 (18th c.); Ben Zvi Institute 6001 (20th c.) "Outlier" mss.: BL Or. 480 (14th-15th c.) [p: 441]; Gunda Gunde 60 (16th c.) [p: 61]; EMML 7637 (16th c.) [p: 185] Cambridge Ms. 1570 (translated by Jacob the Israelite) (1588); EMML 1842 (1662/3) [p: 213]
Septuagint Judges ("B" recension) - in Koine Greek	Κριταί: Rahlfs' edition πηγή: nocr Swete's edition πηγή: biblehub	Codex Vaticanus (p: 271) Codex Sinaiticus (incomplete) (the original hand agrees with the "B" recension)
Vulgate Judges - in Latin	judicum fons: vulgate.org	Codex Gigas

Non-canonical versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Dead Sea Scrolls versions of Judges - in Hebrew	ספר שופטים: נוסחי מגילות ים המלח מקור: הדרך ליהוה	All Dead Sea Scrolls Judges fragments
Syro-Hexaplar (Septuagint) Judges - in Syriac Aramaic	ܕܝܢ̈ܐ: Lagarde's edition ܡܒܘܥܐ: Paul de Lagarde: Bibliothecae Syriacae Rordam's edition ܡܒܘܥܐ: Rørdam: Libri Judicum Et Ruth (text presented parallel with Greek)
Alternate Septuagint recension -- in Koine Greek	Judges: "A" recension -- Rahlfs' version πηγή: nocr	Codex Alexandrinus Codex Sinaiticus (incomplete) (the corrections are from the "A" recension)
Vetus Latina ("Old Latin") Judges - in Latin	judicum fons: Petri Sabatier; (a newer critical edition exists, not available online.)	Codex Lugdunensis (Ms. 1964, P: 60R)
Additional Jewish Targumim: Tosefta to Targum Judges - in Jewish Aramaic	תוספתא לתרגום שופטים מקור: ארמיטה

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Odes or Canticles: presents liturgical recensions of Judges ch. 16.

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