A new Targum to the Ten Commandments according to a Geniza Manuscript
The Geniza fragment T-S NS 276.188, being published here for the first time, contains an Aramaic translation (= Targum) to part of the Ten Commandments. The core of the contents of this fragment develops the theory of retribution concerning those who observe the Commandments and those who do not, br...
| Subtitles: | תרגום ארמי לעשרת הדיברות על פי קטע גניזה חדש ויחסו לספרות הפיוט ולמסורות יהודי כורדיסטאן |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | Hebrew |
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| Published: |
College
1989
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| In: |
Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Year: 1989, Volume: 60, Pages: 1-17 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Decalog
B Targum |
| Summary: | The Geniza fragment T-S NS 276.188, being published here for the first time, contains an Aramaic translation (= Targum) to part of the Ten Commandments. The core of the contents of this fragment develops the theory of retribution concerning those who observe the Commandments and those who do not, bringing forth Biblical model exemplars to its arguments. The characters mentioned in the fragment are: Abraham and Isaac, Cain and Joab, Zimri and Achan. The dialect of this fragment is mixed: it contains marks of Onkelos as well as of the late Aramaic of both branches — Eastern and Western. Compared to other Targumim, this Geniza fragment unfolds some close relationships to Onkelos as well as to the well-known Palestinian translations. Nevertheless, it appears that the special character of this fragment is its closeness in both contents and lexicon to the Eastern Piyyutim and to the literature of Kurdistani Jews. This text apparently reflects a combination of Babylonian and Palestinian traditions. We have here an example of a 'mixed' Targum — a natural product of a confluence between Jewish traditions, which took place in the Palestinian region towards the end of the first millennium C.E. and in the beginning of the second millennium. |
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| ISSN: | 0360-9049 |
| Contains: | In: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
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