A Redaction History of the Pentateuch Targums Genesis 1:26–27 in the Exegetical Context of Formative Judaism

This volume combines Targum studies with Judaic studies. The author assigns different Targums each to a respective particular “Sitz im Leben”, stressing the close connection between Targum and Midrash literature. She challenges the assumption that all extant Targums were compiled for the Synagogue....

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Lier, Gudrun Elisabeth
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Piscataway, NJ Gorgias Press [2014]
Zusammenfassung:
This volume combines Targum studies with Judaic studies. The author assigns different Targums each to a respective particular “Sitz im Leben”, stressing the close connection between Targum and Midrash literature. She challenges the assumption that all extant Targums were compiled for the Synagogue. Instead, she suggests that Targum Onqelos might have fulfilled a function in the context of the early beth din and demonstrates that Pseudo-Jonathan can be linked with the rhetorical practices which abounded in later amoraic, educational circles
Umfang:
1 online resource (311 p.)
ISBN:
9781463236168
DOI:
10.31826/9781463236168
Schlagworte:
RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General
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