Studies in the language of Targum Canticles: with annotated transcription of Geniza fragments
"Targum Canticles, composed in the dialectally eclectic idiom of Late Jewish Literary Aramaic (LJLA), had immense historic popularity among Jewish communities worldwide. In this work, Paul R. Moore thoroughly analyses several of the Targum's grammatical peculiarities, overlooked by previou...
| Published in: | Supplement to Aramaic studies |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2022]
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Supplement to Aramaic studies (volume 18)
Year: 2022 |
| Series/Journal: | Supplement to Aramaic studies
volume 18 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Targum
/ Zohar
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Song of Solomon Aramaic
B Aramaic language Grammar B Aramaic language Texts |
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| Summary: | "Targum Canticles, composed in the dialectally eclectic idiom of Late Jewish Literary Aramaic (LJLA), had immense historic popularity among Jewish communities worldwide. In this work, Paul R. Moore thoroughly analyses several of the Targum's grammatical peculiarities, overlooked by previous studies. Through this prism, he considers its literary influences, composition, and LJLA as a precursor of the highly eccentric Aramaic of the 13th century Spanish cabalistic masterpiece, The Zohar. The study includes transcriptions and analysis of the previously unpublished of fragments of the Targum from the Cairo Geniza, and what is possibly its earliest, known translation into Judaeo-Arabic"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004517103 |