Elements of Rhetoric in the Targums: Appeals to the Audience
In previous studies of the Targums, scholars focused on problems of a textual, linguistic, and historical-critical nature, whereas their literary forms, with some exceptions, remained largely uninvestigated. Alongside literary modifications of the biblical text, the Aramaic translations reflect a sp...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2012
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| In: |
Aramaic studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 249-270 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Targum
/ Rhetoric
/ Synagogue
/ Aramaic language
/ Old Testament
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
| Further subjects: | B
synagogal rhetoric
meturgemanim
Targums
Aramaic translation of the Old Testament
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| Summary: | In previous studies of the Targums, scholars focused on problems of a textual, linguistic, and historical-critical nature, whereas their literary forms, with some exceptions, remained largely uninvestigated. Alongside literary modifications of the biblical text, the Aramaic translations reflect a special tradition of synagogical rhetoric. This article explores one of the most expressive elements of a sermon which comments on a biblical text—the appeals to the audience. Were these appeals interpolated spontaneously by the meturgemanim, or were they used systematically in translating and expositing certain passages? What do such insertions tell us about the text and the art of the meturgemanim? |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5227 |
| Contains: | In: Aramaic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455227-12100204 |