A Targumist interprets the Thora: contradictions and coherence in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan
This book conducts a study of contradictions and coherence in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan and suggests that the alleged contradictions are ultimately given to resolution, once the greater context of biblical and Jewish tradition is taken into consideration.
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BRILL
2022
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Supplement to Aramaic studies (17)
Year: 2022 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Zhakevich, Iosif J., A Targumist interprets the Thora : contradictions and coherence in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan] (2024) (Houtman, Alberdina, 1956 -)
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Targum Pseudo-Jonathan
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| Summary: | This book conducts a study of contradictions and coherence in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan and suggests that the alleged contradictions are ultimately given to resolution, once the greater context of biblical and Jewish tradition is taken into consideration. Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Overview -- 2. Methodology -- 3. A Brief History of Research -- 4. Primary and Secondary Sources -- Part 1. Vertical Dimension-Contradictions between the Torah and the Targum -- Chapter 1. Contradictions in Converse Translation I -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Creation of the Rhetorical Question: Genesis 4:14 -- 3. Addition of the Negative Particle I: Genesis 4:23-24 -- 4. Addition of the Negative Particle II: Genesis 37:33 -- 5. Replacement of the Verb: Exodus 33:3-5 -- 6. Conclusion -- Chapter 2. Contradictions in Converse Translation II -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Elimination of the (Implied) Negative Particle at TgPsJ Genesis 19:33 -- 3. Three Questions Regarding the Converse Translation at TgPsJ Genesis 19:33 -- 4. Modern Scholarship on the Converse Translation at TgPsJ Genesis 19:33 -- 5. A Deliberate Converse Translation at TgPsJ Genesis 19:33 -- 6. The Mechanism of Derivation of the Converse Translation at TgPsJ Genesis 19:33 -- 7. The Discrepancy between the Manuscript and the Printed Editions at TgPsJ Genesis 19:33 -- 8. Conclusion -- Part 2. Horizontal Dimension-Contradictions between Passages within the Targum -- Chapter 3. Contradictions in the Targum I-Concerning Numerals -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Part I: Contradictions with Explicit Reference to Numerals -- 2.1. The Number of Plagues in Egypt: Genesis 15:14 vs. Exodus 14:21 -- 2.2. The Duration of the Barrenness of Isaac and Rebekah: Genesis 25:20-26 -- 2.3. The Duration of the Famine in Egypt: Genesis 41:27, 30 vs. 50:3 -- 3. Part II: Contradictions with Implicit Reference to Numerals -- 3.1. The Chronology of Isaac's Life: Genesis 35:29 vs. 37:35 -- 3.2. The Chronology of Abraham's Life: Genesis 25:8 vs. 25:29. |
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| ISBN: | 9004503838 |