The Targums : a critical introduction /

Flesher, Paul Virgil McCracken.

The Targums : a critical introduction / Paul V. M. Flesher and Bruce D. Chilton. - Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, 2011. - xvii, 557 p. : ill. ; 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 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2010052534


Bible. Aramaic --Old Testament.--Versions.
Bible. Aramaic --Old Testament.--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 / 16026

221.4/2

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