Targums

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 the series Studies in the Aramaic Interpretation of Scripture.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.

• Section I: Getting Started 1 Introduction 2 Defining Targum 3 The Seven Rules of Targum 4 Rabbinic Literature Section II: The Pentateuchal Targums 5 Pentateuchal Targums: The Basics 6 Sources of the Palestinian Targums 7 Targum Onqelos and the Targums of Israel 8 The Pentateuchal Targums in Rabbinic Literature 9 Dating the Targums of Israel Section III: The Targums of the Prophets and the Writings10 Targum Jonathan of the Prophets: Its Development as Revealed by the Targum of Isaiah 11 Targum Jonathan: Former and Latter Prophets 12 Targums to the Writings Section IV: The Targums in Late-Antique Judaism 13 Aramaic in Judaism 14 Targums and Translation in the History of Rabbinic Literature 15 Targum as Scripture and Hidden Interpretation 16 Ancient Scripture Translations Section V: The Targums and Early Christianity17 Comparing the Targums and the New Testament 18 The Aramaic Retroversion of Jesus Sayings 19 The Fourth Gospel and Targumic Memra Section VI: Conclusions and Prospects 20 Genesis 22 in the Targumim and in Early Jewish and Christian Interpretation 21 Targums in the Rabbinic World and Beyond Appendix A: The Parallel Expansions of Genesis 28–50 Appendix B: A Guide to Babylonian Pointing Glossary 501Bibliography 511Index 541