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$69.95 • 978-1-60258-382-5• 575 pages
Paperback • 6 x 9 •July 2011
The Targums
Paul V. M. Flesher is Associate Proessoro Religious Studies and Director o theReligious Studies Program at the Universityo Wyoming. Flesher is past president o the International Organization or TargumicStudy and is the ounding editor o Studiesin the Aramaic Interpretation o Scripture.
“The most complete and up-to-date introduction to Targums, with clear
presentation o current research, o issues involved, including Targums and the
New Testament, and a rich bibliography. An outstanding achievement. Highly
recommended.”
—Dr. Martin McnaMara, Emeus Pofesso of Spue,
Mllow isue, Dubl, ield
The value and signifcance o the targums—translations o the Hebrew Bible into
Aramaic, the language o Palestinian Jews or centuries ollowing the Babylonian
Exile—lie in their approach to translation: within a typically literal rendering o a
text, they incorporate extensive exegetical material, additions, and paraphrases.
These alterations reveal important inormation about Second Temple Judaism, its
interpretation o its bible, and its belies.
This remarkable survey introduces critical knowledge and insights that have
emerged over the past sixty years, including targum manuscripts discovered
this century and targums known in Aramaic but only recently translated into
English. Prolifc scholars Flesher and Chilton guide readers in understanding the
development o the targums, their relationship to the Hebrew Bible, their dates,
their language, their place in the history o Christianity and Judaism, and their
theologies and methods o interpretation.
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a CritiCal introDuCtion
Chilton and Flesher have fnally given us the critical introduction to the Targums
that has been needed or decades. the tums is an excellent book that defnes
and explains these important Aramaic translations o Hebrew Scripture with
with nuance and insight. Anyone interested in biblical interpretation--Jewish or
Christian-- must read this book. I recommend it with enthusiasm.
—craig a. EvanS, Pyz Dsushed Pofesso of new tesme,
ad Dy collee, no So, cdBruce Chilton is Bernard Iddings BellProessor o Religion at Bard Collegein Annandale, New York. His previousbooks include the gloy of isel, tum appohes o he gospels , and a gllerbb d Hs Bble.