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The Targums : a critical introduction / Paul V.M. Flesher, Bruce Chilton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flesher, Paul Virgil McCracken.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
- Rabbinical literature.
- Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
- Judaism.
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Bible. Old Testament--Aramaic--Versions.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament--Aramaic--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
- Bible. New Testament--Relation to the Old Testament.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (577 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 t
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Defining Targum
- The seven rules of Targum
- Rabbinic literature
- Pentateuchal Targums : the basics
- The 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
- Typologies of Memra and the Fourth Gospel
- Genesis in the Targumim and in early Jewish and Christian interpretation
- Beyond the rabbinic world.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781602583894
- 1602583897
- OCLC:
- 843635831
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