Following the Frankincense: Reassessing the Sitz im Leben of Targum Song of Songs

It is commonly asserted that Targum Song of Songs was composed in Palestine in the seventh or eighth century CE. This article surveys the most significant criteria used to posit that assertion (such as language, Jewish education, and messianism), and it argues that these criteria are either inconclu...

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Autor principal: Litke, Andrew W. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: [2018]
En: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Año: 2018, Volumen: 27, Número: 4, Páginas: 289-313
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Bibel. Hoheslied / Targum Hoheslied / Palestina / Historia 600-800 / Incienso / Bibel. Hoheslied 4 / Historia 900-1100 / Italia (Süd) / Byzantinisches Reich
Clasificaciones IxTheo:HB Antiguo Testamento
HD Judaísmo primitivo
Otras palabras clave:B Late Jewish Literary Aramaic
B Targum Song of Songs
B Messianism
B Sitz im Leben
B olibanum
B Targum
B Jewish education
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Sumario:It is commonly asserted that Targum Song of Songs was composed in Palestine in the seventh or eighth century CE. This article surveys the most significant criteria used to posit that assertion (such as language, Jewish education, and messianism), and it argues that these criteria are either inconclusive or point to a different Sitz im Leben for the Targum. The article then adds one element to the discussion, the use of the late Latin term olibanum, 'frankincense', in 4.11. Ultimately, this article argues that the traditional dating and provenance of Targum Song of Songs' composition should be adjusted. A tenth- or eleventh-century time period and a location in either southern Italy or Byzantium better fit the evidence.
ISSN:1745-5286
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0951820718786197