Targums

A Critical Introduction

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-06-30
Mått152 x 228 x 35 mm
Vikt794 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor575
FörlagBaylor University Press
ISBN9781602583825

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Paul V. M. Flesher is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Religious Studies Program at the University of Wyoming. Flesher helped establish the International Organization for Targumic Study and is the founding editor of Studies in the Aramaic Interpretation of Scripture. He lives in Laramie, Wyoming.Bruce Chilton is Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College in Annandale, New York. His previous books include The Glory of Israel, Targumic Approaches to the Gospels, and A Galilean Rabbi and His Bible.

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsSection I: Getting Started1 Introduction2 Defining Targum3 The Seven Rules of Targum4 Rabbinic LiteratureSection II: The Pentateuchal Targums5 Pentateuchal Targums: The Basics6 Sources of the Palestinian Targums7 Targum Onqelos and the Targums of Israel8 The Pentateuchal Targums in Rabbinic Literature9 Dating the Targums of IsraelSection III: The Targums of the Prophets and the Writings10 Targum Jonathan of the Prophets: Its Development as Revealed by the Targum of Isaiah11 Targum Jonathan: Former and Latter Prophets12 Targums to the WritingsSection IV: The Targums in Late-Antique Judaism13 Aramaic in Judaism14 Targums and Translation in the History of Rabbinic Literature15 Targum as Scripture and Hidden Interpretation16 Ancient Scripture TranslationsSection V: The Targums and Early Christianity17 Comparing the Targums and the New Testament18 The Aramaic Retroversion of Jesus Sayings19 The Fourth Gospel and Targumic MemraSection VI: Conclusions and Prospects20 Genesis 22 in the Targumim and in Early Jewish and Christian Interpretation21 Targums in the Rabbinic World and BeyondAppendix A: The Parallel Expansions of Genesis 28-50Appendix B: A Guide to Babylonian PointingGlossaryBibliographyIndex

"Chilton and Flesher have finally given us the critical introduction to the Targums that has been needed for decades. The Targums is an excellent book that defines and explains these important Aramaic translations of Hebrew Scripture with with nuance and insight. Anyone interested in biblical interpretation--Jewish or Christian--must read this book. I recommend it with enthusiasm." --Craig A. Evans, Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Acadia Divinity College, Nova Scotia, Canada