Exegetical Similarities and the Liturgical Use of the Targumim of the Megilloth

It has long been noted that the relatively expansive Targumim of the Five Scrolls share a number of ‘significant affinities’. These similarities, the expansive nature and structure, the admonition to study Torah and continue to perform good deeds, and the expectation of the coming Messianic era, sug...

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Main Author: Brady, Christian M. M. 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Aramaic studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 108-120
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Aramaic language / Spring / Targum / Liturgy
IxTheo Classification:RC Liturgy
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
Further subjects:B Targum Megilloth day of judgment messianic age study Torah Salvation-history exegetical motifs liturgy
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Summary:It has long been noted that the relatively expansive Targumim of the Five Scrolls share a number of ‘significant affinities’. These similarities, the expansive nature and structure, the admonition to study Torah and continue to perform good deeds, and the expectation of the coming Messianic era, suggest that they are part of a larger agenda to remind their audiences of God’s guiding hand in Israel’s history and to promote piety. Possibly receiving their final form in the same period and in the same contexts, it seems that the festal use of the biblical texts led to their rather unique formation.
ISSN:1745-5227
Contains:In: Aramaic studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455227-01201007