Textual Criticism

As for Zillah, she bore Tubal-Cain, who forged every tool of copper and iron.  And the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.  Genesis 4:22  Robert Alter Who forged – Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan offers the following translation of the phrase in this text: “a maker of all copper and iron implements,” but he notes that the Targum…