Flesher, Paul Virgil McCracken

The Targums : a critical introduction / Paul V.M. Flesher, Bruce Chilton - xvii, 557 pages : illustrations, 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

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

9781602583825 160258382X 1602583854 9781602583856

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Bible. Aramaic --O.T.--Versions
Bible. Aramaic --O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
Bible.--New Testament--Relation to the Old Testament


Rabbinical literature--History and criticism
Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

BS709.4 / .F54 2011

221.42 / F611T