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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主要作者: Litke, Andrew W. (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: [2018]
In: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2018, 卷: 27, 發布: 4, Pages: 289-313
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bibel. Hoheslied / Targum Hoheslied / 巴勒斯坦 / 歷史 600-800 / 乳香 / Bibel. Hoheslied 4 / 歷史 900-1100 / Italien (Süd) / Byzantinisches Reich
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
Further subjects: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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總結: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
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0951820718786197