Targums and the Transmission of Scripture into Judaism and Christianity

by Hayward, C. T. R.

• ISBN13: 9789004179561
• ISBN10: 9004179569
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-30
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

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.

Author Biography

C.T. Robert Hayward, D.Phil. (1975) in Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, is Professor of Hebrew in the University of Durham. He has published extensively on the Aramaic Targums. His most recent monograph is Interpretation of the Name Israel in Ancient Judaism (Oxford, 2005).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Targumic Portrayals Of Biblical Figures
Shem, Melchizedek, and Concern with Christianity in the Pentateuchal Targumim	p. 3
Abraham as Proselytizer at Beer-sheba in the Targums of the Pentateuch	p. 17
Balaam's Prophecies as Interpreted by Philo and the Aramaic Targums of the Pentateuch	p. 35
The Figure of Adam in Pseudo-Philo's Biblical Antiquities	p. 53
The Sacrifice of Isaac and Jewish Polemic against Christianity	p. 72
A Portrait of the Wicked Esau in the Targum of Codex Neofiti 1	p. 88
Dating Targum Pseudo-Jonathan
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan and Anti-Islamic Polemic	p. 109
The Date of Targum Pseudo-Jonathan: Some Comments	p. 126
Jacob's Second Visit to Bethel in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan	p. 155
Pirqe de Rabbi Eliezer and Targum Pseudo-Jonathan	p. 172
Inconsistencies and Contradictions in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan: The Case of Eliezer and Nimrod	p. 210
Red Heifer and Golden Calf: Dating Targum Pseudo-Jonathan	p. 234
The Priestly Blessing in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan	p. 259
Saint Jerome and Jewish Tradition
Jewish Traditions in Jerome's Commentary on Jeremiah and the Targum of Jeremiah	p. 281
Saint Jerome and the Aramaic Targumim	p. 300
Some Observations on St. Jerome's Hebrew Questions on Genesis and the Rabbinic Tradition	p. 318
Targum And Temple
Sirach and Wisdom's Dwelling Place	p. 341
Food, the Animals, and Human Dignity. Jewish Perceptions in a Targumic Context	p. 361
Melchizedek as Priest of the Jerusalem Temple in Talmud, Midrash, and Targum	p. 377
Index of Modern Authors	p. 401
Index of Scriptural, Rabbinic, and Patristic References	p. 406
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