The Targums
Subtitle: a critical introduction
By: Paul V. M. Flesher and Bruce D. Chilton
Contributors: Chilton, Bruce
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Waco, Tex
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9781602583825
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish; Rabbinical literature; Judaism; Versions; Relation to the Old Testament; Criticism, interpretation; History and criticism; Bible; Church history; History
Description: This survey introduces critical knowledge and insights that have emerged over the past sixty 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. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Defining Targum; title: The seven rules of Targum; title: Rabbinic literature; title: Pentateuchal Targums : the basics; title: The sources of the Palestinian Targums; title: Targum Onqelos and the Targums of Israel; title: The pentateuchal Targums in rabbinic literature; title: Dating the Targums of israel; title: Targum Jonathan of the Prophets : its development as revealed by the Targum of Isaiah; title: Targum Jonathan : Former and Latter Prophets; title: Targums to the Writings; title: Aramaic in Judaism; title: Targums and translation in the history of rabbinic literature; title: Targum as scripture and hidden interpretation; title: Ancient scripture translations; title: Comparing the Targums and the New Testament; title: The Aramaic retroversion of Jesus sayings; title: Typologies of Memra and the Fourth Gospel; title: Genesis in the Targumim and in early Jewish and Christian interpretation; title: Beyond the rabbinic world.