The Targums : a critical introduction / by Paul V.M. Flesher, Bruce Chilton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flesher, Paul Virgil McCracken.

Contributor:

Chilton, Bruce.

Series:

Studies in the Aramaic interpretation of Scripture ; v. 12.

Studies in the Aramaic interpretation of Scripture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Aramaic--Versions.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Bible. Old Testament--Aramaic--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.

Bible. New Testament--Relation to the Old Testament.

Bible. New Testament.

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Rabbinical literature.

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism.

History.

Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism).

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Genre:

Einführung.

Physical Description:

xvii, 557 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Summary:

The value and significance of the targums--translations of the Hebrew Bible into Aramaic, the language of Palestinian Jews for centuries following the Babylonian Exile--lie in their approach to translation: within a typically literal rendering of a text, they incorporate extensive exegetical material, additions, and paraphrases. These alterations reveal important information about Second Temple Judaism, its interpretation of its bible, and its beliefs.This remarkable survey introduces critical knowledge and insights that have emerged over the past forty years, including targum manuscripts discovered this century and targums known in Aramaic but only recently translated into English. Prolific scholars Flesher and Chilton guide readers in understanding the development of the targums, their relationship to the Hebrew Bible, their dates, their language, their place in the history of Christianity and Judaism, and their theologies and methods of interpretation.

Contents:

Introduction

Defining Targum

The seven rules of Targum

Rabbinic literature

Pentateuchal Targums : the basics

Sources of the Palestinian Targums

Targum Onqelos and the Targums of Israel

The pentateuchal Targums in rabbinic literature

Dating the Targums of Israel

Targum Jonathan of the Prophets : its development as revealed by the Targum of Isaiah

Targum Jonathan : Former and Latter Prophets

Targums to the writings

Aramaic in Judaism

Targums and translation in the history of rabbinic literature

Targum as scripture and hidden interpretation

Ancient scripture translations

Comparing the Targums and the New Testament

The Aramaic retroversion of Jesus sayings

The Fourth Gospel and Targumic Memra

Genesis 22 in the Targumim and in early Jewish and Christian interpretation

Targums in the rabinnic world and beyond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [511]-539), and index.

ISBN:

9789004217690

900421769X

OCLC:

759172027