A Targumist Interprets the Torah

Contradictions and Coherence in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-50384-7
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 572 g

Reihe: Brill

This book conducts a focused study of contradictions and coherence in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan. The first section of this study examines the apparent disruption of congruity with regard to the vertical dimension of the Targum, that is, between the Torah (the Hebrew Vorlage) and the Targum (the Aramaic translation). The second section addresses the apparent disruption of congruity with regard to the horizontal dimension of the Targum, that is, within the boundaries of the TgPsJ corpus. Ultimately, this work suggests that the contradictions are given to resolution, once the greater context of biblical and Jewish tradition is taken into consideration.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhakevich, Iosif J

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

List of 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

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

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

3 Contradictions in the Targum I—Concerning Numerals

1 Introduction

2 Part I: Contradictions with Explicit Reference to Numerals

3 Part II: Contradictions with Implicit Reference to Numerals

4 Conclusion

4 Contradictions in the Targum II—Concerning Actions

1 Introduction

2 The Culprit for the Curse: Genesis 3:17 vs. 5:29

3 The Presentation of the Bloodied Tunic of Joseph: Genesis 37:32 vs. 38:25

4 Moses’ Trip to Egypt: Exodus 4:20–26 vs. 18:1–4

5 The Function of the Pillar of Cloud: Exodus 13:21–22 vs. 14:19–20

6 Dathan and Abiram in Egypt and in the Wilderness: Exodus 14:3 vs. Numbers 26:4–9

7 Conclusion

5 Contradictions in the Targum III—Concerning Characters

1 Introduction

2 The Character of Hagar—Slave or Free? Genesis 16:3 vs. 21:14

3 The Character of Nimrod—Righteous or Wicked? Genesis 10:8–12

4 The Character of Esau—Righteous or Wicked? Genesis 32:12

5 The Character of Ishmael—Righteous or Wicked? Genesis 25:7–17

6 Conclusion

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Iosif J. Zhakevich, Ph. D. (2016), Harvard University, is Associate Professor of Old Testament at The Master’s Seminary. He was on the translation committee for the Legacy Standard Bible and has published numerous articles, including “Genesis 3:15 in the New Testament and in the Pentateuchal Targums: Enmity as a Spiritual Conflict” (forthcoming, The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology).