The Targums
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The Targums

A Critical Introduction

  1. 575 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Targums

A Critical Introduction

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. List of Abbreviations
  7. Section 1. Getting Started
  8. 1. Introduction
  9. 2. Defining Targum
  10. 3. The Seven Rules of Targum
  11. 4. Rabbinic Literature
  12. Section 2. The Pentateuchal Targums
  13. 5. Pentateuchal Targums
  14. 6. Sources of the Palestinian Targums
  15. 7. Targum Onqelos and the Targums of Israel
  16. 8. The Pentateuchal Targums in Rabbinic Literature
  17. 9. Dating the Targums of Israel
  18. Section 3. The Targums of the Prophets and the Writings
  19. 10. Targum Jonathan of the Prophets
  20. 11. Targum Jonathan
  21. 12. Targums to the Writings
  22. Section 4. The Targums in Late-Antique Judaism
  23. 13. Aramaic in Judaism
  24. 14. Targums and Translation in the History of Rabbinic Literature
  25. 15. Targum as Scripture and Hidden Interpretation
  26. 16. Ancient Scripture Translations
  27. Section 5. The Targums and Early Christianity
  28. 17. Comparing the Targums and the New Testament
  29. 18. The Aramaic Retroversion of Jesus Sayings
  30. 19. The Fourth Gospel and Targumic Memra
  31. Section VI. Conclusions and Prospects
  32. 20. Genesis 22 in the Targumim and in Early Jewish and Christian Interpretation
  33. 21. Targums in the Rabbinic World and Beyond
  34. Appendix A. The Parallel Expansions of Genesis 28–50
  35. Appendix B. A Guide to Babylonian Pointing
  36. Glossary
  37. Bibliography
  38. Index
  39. Back Cover