Targum and Scripture: Studies in Aramaic Translations and Interpretation in Memory of Ernest G. Clarke (Studies in the Aramaic Interpretation of Scripture, 2)

Targum and Scripture: Studies in Aramaic Translations and Interpretation in Memory of Ernest G. Clarke (Studies in the Aramaic Interpretation of Scripture, 2)

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Book Description
If Greek was the language by which Palestinian Jews talked to the Empire, then Aramaic and Hebrew were the languages by which they talked to themselves. In this context, what resulted when they translated the Hebrew Bible into Aramaic? Moments of the inner Jewish conversation about the meaning and relevance of Hebrew Scriptures frozen in Aramaic renditions.

The scholars in this volume use these Aramaic translations, known as the Targums, like dioramas, peering through them to glimpse these moments in the development of Judaism and its theology. Dedicated to Ernest G. Clarke, the essays explore the variety of interpretations preserved in the different Targums from the Second Temple and post-Temple periods during which they were composed.

About the Author
Paul V.M. Flesher earned his Ph.D. (1988) from Brown University, after studying at Oxford University and the Hebrew University. He is a founding member of the International Organization for Targumic Studies, and actively publishes on the targums and ancient synagogues.

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Book Contents:

1. The Apostolic Age in Patristic Thought (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, V. 70)
2. The Archaistic Style in Roman Statuary (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)
3. The Canonical Approach: A Critical Reconstruction of the Hermeneutics of Brevard S. Childs (Biblical Interpretation, No 16)
4. The Crisis of Causality: Voetius and Descartes on God, Nature and Change (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
5. The Didache in Modern Research (Arbeiten Zur Geschichte Des Antiken Judentums Und Des Urchristentums, 37)
6. The Empidoidea (Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica)
7. The Gospel to the Romans: The Setting and Rhetoric of Mark's Gospel (Biblical Interpretation Series)
8. The Ideal of the Self-Governing Church (Studies in Christian Mission)
9. The Jesuit Specter in Imperial Germany (Studies in Central European Histories)
10. The Language and Style of the Gospel of Mark (Supplements to Novum Testamentum)

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