Targum Neofiti 1: Genesis: Volume 1

by Martin McNamara

Overview

Beginning with an introduction of the Palestinian Targums," or "Targum Yerushalmi," the author relates the history of the term, research in the field, and other background information on the Palestinian Pentateuch Targums before providing a verse-by-verse translation of Neofiti 1.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814654767
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	01/01/1991
Series:	Aramaic Bible , #1
Edition description:	1A
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	7.22(w) x 10.26(h) x 0.99(d)

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editors' Foreword     vii
Preface     ix
Abbreviations     xi

Introduction     1
      I.  Title and Concept: "Palestinian Targums," "Targum Yerushalmi"     1
     II.  History of the Term and Research in the Field     1
    III.  Manuscripts of the Palestinian Targums     4
    IV.  Indirect Transmission: Palestinian Targum Citations     10
     V.  Language of the Palestinian Targums     12
    VI.  Uniformity and Diversity in the Palestinian Targums     24
   VII.  Translation and Paraphrase Techniques of the Palestinian Pentateuch Targums     29
  VIII.  Divine Names in the Palestinian Targums     35
    IX.  Messiah, the Torah, Prayer, and Good Deeds in Neofiti     39
     X.  Relation of the Palestinian Targums to Rabbinic Judaism     41
    XI.  Age and Origin of the Palestinian Pentateuch Targums     43
   XII.  Palestinian Targums of the Pentateuch: Conclusion     45

Brief Introduction to the Palestinian Targums of Genesis     46
Index of Verses Preserved in the Fragment-Targums of Genesis     47
Catalogue of Cairo Genizah Fragments of Palestinian Targums of Genesis     50
Translation, Apparatus, and Notes     52
Select Bibliography     231
Indexes     251