Jonah - 𐤉𐤅𐤍𐤄

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Canonical Versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Masoretic Text of Jonah - in Hebrew	יונה (לפי נוסח חמסורה) מקור: מִקְרָא עַל־פִּי הַמָּסוֹרָה	Leningrad Codex
Targum Jonathan on Jonah - in Jewish Aramaic	תרגום יונתן על יונה מקור: מקראות גדולות של ספריא combined critical edition מקור: ארמיטה	Codex Reuchlinianus 3, 1105 CE
Peshitta Jonah - in Syriac Aramaic	ܝܘܢܢ ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה	Codex Ambrosianus
Ethiopic Jonah - in Ge'ez	ትንቢተ ፡ ዘዮናስ ፡ ነቢይ ። ዐይን: Oscar Löfgren manuscript transcriptions from THEOT: IES 436; d'Abbadie 35; BL Or. 496; Vat. Cerulli 75; EMDA 285; EMIP 949; EMIP 2007; EMML 6930; EMML 2440; EthioSpare RQG-17; EthioSpare UM-46; all THEOT transcriptions aligned by verse	Typical "early" ms.: IES 436 (15th-16th c.) [p: 22] Typical "standardized" mss.: EMML 2440 (1663) [p: 112]; EMIP 2007 (18th c.) [p: 84]; EMML 6930 (18th c.) [p: 100] Typical "modern" mss.: Vat. Cerulli 75 (1930/1) [p: 431]; IES 77 (Haile Selassie Bible) (1934) [p: 537v] Beta Israel ms.: d'Abbadie 30 (17th-18th c.) "Minor recension" (Latin Vulgate vorlage) mss.: Unesco 10-34 (1931) [p: 66]; EMIP 949 (20th c.) [p: 90] Other noteworthy ms.: Cambridge Ms. 1570 (translated by Jacob the Israelite) (1588, likely typical "standardised" text)
Septuagint Jonah - in Koine Greek	Ιωνάς: Rahlfs' edition πηγή: nocr Swete's edition πηγή: biblehub	Codex Vaticanus (p: 973)
Vulgate Jonah - in Latin	jonas fons: vulgate.org	Codex Gigas

Semi-canonical and non-canonical versions

Version	Modern or critical edition	Selected manuscript/s
Dead Sea Scrolls versions of Jonah - in Hebrew and Koine Greek	ספר יונה: נוסחי מגילות ים המלח מקור: הדרך ליהוה	All Dead Sea Scrolls Twelve Minor Prophets fragments
Early Palestinian Christian versions of Jonah - in "Syriac" Aramaic	fragments from the lectionary ܡܒܘܥܐ: ארמיטה
Vetus Latina ("Old Latin") Jonah - in Latin	jonae fons: Petri Sabatier
Additional Jewish Targumim: Tosefta to Targum Jonah - in Jewish Aramaic	תוספתא לתרגום יונה מקור: ארמיטה

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