The liturgical Targum : the Aramaic translation of the Torah in mahzorim / By Jeroen Verrijssen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verrijssen, Jeroen, author.

Series:

Supplements to Aramaic studies ; 21.

Supplements to Aramaic Studies ; 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Aramaic.

Bible.

Mahzorim.

Judaism--Liturgy--History.

Judaism.

Judaism--History.

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

196 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

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 Drawing on previously unpublished manuscript fragments, it traces how different Jewish communities adopted and adapted the Aramaic translation in their liturgies.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." Back cover

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9004748822

9789004748828

OCLC:

1535295466

Publisher Number:

CIPO000357947