Aramaic Text Online

This page includes links to the Aramaic text underlying each volume of The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, as well a file describing the composition and preparation of this Aramaic text.

Three files of the Aramaic text for each volume will be provided here, as they become available, each consisting of the same reconstructed Aramaic text based on manuscript variants. The first file for each volume presents the text in simple format. The second file is identical except that emendations of the standard printed version are underlined so that readers can identify them easily. The third file, prepared by the translator's brother, Rabbi Jonathan Matt, resembles the second file (with emendations underlined) but includes several user-friendly features:
   1) Corresponding page numbers in The Zohar: Pritzker Edition are indicated in brackets.
   2) Biblical verses appear in italics.
   3) Citations of these verses include verse number in addition to chapter number.

Additional files will be added to this page as the translation progresses.

(Please note that these files are in Adobe PDF format and are generally 1 - 4 MB in size. If you have a low-bandwidth connection, they may take several minutes to download.)

Introduction to the Aramaic texts (PDF)

Volume 1
Reconstructed Aramaic text in simple format (PDF)
Same text with emendations underlined (PDF)
Same text with emendations underlined and user-friendly features (PDF)

Volume 2
Reconstructed Aramaic text in simple format (PDF)
Same text with emendations underlined (PDF)
Same text with emendations underlined and user-friendly features (PDF)

Volume 3
Reconstructed Aramaic text in simple format (PDF)
Same text with emendations underlined (PDF)
Same text with emendations underlined and user-friendly features (PDF)

Volume 4
Reconstructed Aramaic text in simple format (PDF)
Same text with emendations underlined (PDF)

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