The Liturgical Targum : The Aramaic Translation of the Torah in Mahzorim / Jeroen Verrijssen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verrijssen, Jeroen, author.

Series:

Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

Supplement to Aramaic Studies ; 21.

Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Supplement to Aramaic Studies ; 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformation texts with translation (1350-1650). Biblical studies.

Reformation texts with translation (1350-1650).

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

The Aramaic Translation of the Torah in Mahzorim

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What happens when a community continues to recite and transmit sacred texts it no longer understands? The Targum, or Aramaic translation of the Hebrew Bible, found its origins in the first centuries CE, and yet Jewish communities continued to transmit its contents well into the Middle Ages, when knowledge of Aramaic was considered to be scarce. This book explores the Liturgical Targum as it appears in festival prayerbooks (mahzorim). Drawing on previously unpublished manuscript fragments, it traces how different Jewish communities adopted and adapted the Aramaic translation in their liturgies. You’ll discover how layers of copying, and reinterpretation, and scribal creativity shaped the textual history of the Targum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-51745-6

9789004517455

OCLC:

1569121516

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004517455 DOI