Targum and Testament Revisited: Aramaic Paraphrases of the Hebrew Bible: A Light on the New Testament, Second Edition

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, Jul 26, 2010 - Bibles - 359 pages
Targum and Testament Revisited is a new edition of a text first published in 1972, now revised in light of the intervening research and discussions in the field. Martin McNamara provides a lengthy introduction to detail such developments over the last fifty years. He concludes this opening statement with a note on the tell-like structure of targumic tradition including interpretations from different ages and the presence of continuity in interpretation of certain passages down through the centuries of Jewish history.

There has been intense examination of most aspects of targumic tradition over recent decades. McNamara draws on these varied sources including the annotated English translation of all the Targums in the Aramaic Bible and offers an appendix that gives an introduction to all extant Targums of the rabbinic tradition. This overview of five decades of work is an indispensable resource for all scholars of the Targums.
 

Contents

Historical Overview
1
Ancient Jewish Writings
17
Formation of Targumic Tradition
39
Development of Doctrine in Judaism
41
The Synagogue and Synagogue Worship
63
Aramaic as the Language of the Jews
85
Early Written Targums
93
Some Characteristics of Targumic Renderings
101
Sin and Virtue
187
Eschatology
200
The Targums and Johannine Literature
213
Other Passages and Concluding Remarks
228
Introduction to All Extant Targums
253
Targums of the Pentateuch
255
Geography of the Palestinian Targums of the Pentateuch
284
Targums of the Prophets
310

Origin and Transmission of the Palestinian Targum
120
Date of the Palestinian Targum
129
Palestinian Targum and New Testament Studies 9 Reverential Manner of Speaking of God
141
God and Creation
146
The Holy Spirit
167
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175
Father in Heaven
177
Targums of the Hagiographa
316
The Aramaic Bible Project
330
Index of Authors
332
Index of Subjects and Persons
337
Index to Citations and References
342
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About the author (2010)

Martin McNamara, MSC, is professor emeritus of Sacred Scripture at Milltown Institute of Theology, Dublin, Ireland.

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