The Priesthood in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan

The Priesthood in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan
Author: Beverly Mortensen
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2022-11-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004531580

This source analysis of the richest of the Pentateuchal Targums shows its unique material to address the priesthood: its value, its traditions, and its community function. The material shows new views of sacrifice, law, legends, and the supernatural. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004145825).

Targum and Testament Revisited

Targum and Testament Revisited
Author: Martin McNamara
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2010-07-26
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 0802862756

Updated ed. of: Targum and Testament. 1972.

Targum and New Testament

Targum and New Testament
Author: Martin McNamara
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages: 644
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 9783161508363

The relevance of the Targums (Aramaic translations of the Hebrew Bible) for the understanding of the New Testament has been a matter of dispute over the past three hundred years, principally by reason of the late date of the Targum manuscripts and the nature of the Aramaic. The debate has become more focused by reason of the Qumran finds of pre-Christian Aramaic documents (1947) and the identification of a complete text of the Palestinian Targum of the Pentateuch in the Vatican Library (Codex Neofiti, 1956). Martin McNamara traces the history of the debate down to our own day and the annotated translation of all the Targums into English. He studies the language situation (Aramaic and Greek) in New Testament Palestine and the interpretation of the Scriptures in the Targums, with concepts and language similar to the New Testament. Against this background relationships between the Targums and the New Testament are examined. A way forward is suggested by regarding the tell-like structure of the Targums (with layers from different ages) and a continuum running through for certain texts.

A Legacy of Learning

A Legacy of Learning
Author: Alan Avery-Peck
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2014-10-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004284281

In a career spanning over fifty years, the questions Jacob Neusner has asked and the critical methodologies he has developed have shaped the way scholars have come to approach the rabbinic literature as well as the diverse manifestations of Judaism from rabbinic times until the present. The essays collected here honor that legacy, illustrating an influence that is so pervasive that scholars today who engage in the critical study of Judaism and the history of religions more generally work in a laboratory that Professor Neusner created. Addressing topics in ancient and Rabbinic Judaism, the Judaic context of early Christianity, American Judaism, World Religions, and the academic study of the humanities, these essays demarcate the current state of Judaic and religious studies in the academy today.

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan: Genesis

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan: Genesis
Author: Michael Maher
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2024-04-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0814689329

Incorrectly attributed to Jonathan ben Uzziel, this Targum, part of the Palestinian Targums, has been call Pseudo-Jonathan to rectify this mistaken identification. Pseudo-Jonathan provides us with a translation of almost every verse of the Pentateuch. Unique from other Targums of the Pentateuch in many ways, this Targum is also very much a composite work, but one composed with skill and initiative.

Dust of the Ground and Breath of Life (Gen 2:7) - The Problem of a Dualistic Anthropology in Early Judaism and Christianity

Dust of the Ground and Breath of Life (Gen 2:7) - The Problem of a Dualistic Anthropology in Early Judaism and Christianity
Author: J.T.A.G.M. van Ruiten
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2016-09-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004334769

Issues such as the immortality of the soul, the debate about matter versus life, and whether one was capable of knowing the outside world were all being extensively discussed in many religions and cultures in both East and West. The present volume addresses the concept of an immortal soul in a mortal body, and focuses on early Judaism and Christianity, where this issue is often related to the initial chapters of the book of Genesis. The papers are devoted to the interpretation of Gen 2:7 in relation to the broader issue of dualistic anthropology. They show that the dualism was questioned in different ways within the context of early Judaism and Christianity.

The Targums

The Targums
Author: Paul V.M. Flesher
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2011-08-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 900421769X

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, language, and place in the history of Christianity and Judaism; and their theologies and methods of interpretation.

Targums and the Transmission of Scripture Into Judaism and Christianity

Targums and the Transmission of Scripture Into Judaism and Christianity
Author: Robert Hayward
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2010
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004179569

These essays explore ancient Jewish Bible interpretation preserved in the Aramaic Targums, bringing it into conversation with Rabbinic and Christian scriptural exegesis, and setting it in the larger world of ancient translations of the Bible.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible
Author: Michael D. Coogan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1226
Release: 2011-12-08
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 0195377370

This is the first in this series of specialised reference works, each addressing a specific subfield within biblical studies. Books of the Bible is in depth, with articles on all of the canonical books, major apocryphal books of the New and Old Testaments, important noncanonical texts and some thematic essays.