The Rabbinic Targum of Lamentations: Vindicating God (Studies in the Aramaic Interpretation of Scripture, 3)
The Rabbinic Targum of Lamentations: Vindicating God (Studies in the Aramaic Interpretation of Scripture, 3)
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Book Description
This volume is a study of how Targum Lamentations (TgLam) interpreted and responded to the theologically challenging message of the Book of Lamentations. Through various exegetical techniques the targumist has transformed Lamentations into a rabbinic program for the synagogue.
The first section examines how the targumist demonstrated that Israel herself is responsible for the destruction of Jerusalem and thus absolves God of all culpability. Yet the targumist continues to assert that God is the ultimate source of all history. The second section examines how the targumist depicts God as orchestrating events through his action and abstention. Finally, the targum argues that reconciliation with God can only come about through repentance and rabbinic worship.
A new translation and a transcription of TgLam from Codex Urbinas Hebr. 1 is included.
About the Author
Christian M. M. Brady, D.Phil. (2000) in Ancient Hebrew and Jewish Literature, University of Oxford, is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies and Director of Jewish Studies at Tulane University. He has published several articles on the targumim.
The Rabbinic Targum of Lamentations: Vindicating God (Studies in the Aramaic Interpretation of Scripture, 3),Christian M. M. Brady,Brill Academic Publishers,9004121633,Aramaic,Bible,Bible - Criticism Interpretation - Old Testament,Bible.,Interior Design - General,Judaism - History,Lamentations,Lamentations.,O.T,O.T.,Religion,Religion - Commentaries / Reference,Theology,Versions
Book Contents:
- The Sixteenth Century Hebrew Book: An Abridged Thesaurus (Brill's Series in Jewish Studies)
- The Terracotta Designs of Alfred Waterhouse
- The Trinitarian Theology of Dr. Samuel Clarke (1675-1729): Context, Sources, and Controversy (Studies in the History of Christian Thought)
- The Trinity: An Analysis of St. Thomas Aquinas' Expositio of the De Trinitate of Boethius (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters)
- The Value of Human Life: A Study of the Story of the Flood (Genesis 6-9) (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum)
- Wayward Monks and the Religious Revolution of the Eleventh Century (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
- Weisheit Und Pradestination: Weisheitliche Urordnung Und Pradestination in Den Textfunden Von Qumran (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah)
- XXLiving
- Zoroastrian Rituals in Context (Studies in the History of Religions, V. 102.)
- 500 Solutions for Working at Home
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