Ancient Versions and Enigmatic Valleys: Mēšār and Vallis as Equivalents for ʾēlōn and the “Valley of Hebron”
This paper concerns the rendering of Hebrew “terebinth” as “valley,” and the mention of a “valley” near Hebron in a plus. In the Targums, the Vulgate and Aquila the “terebinths” of Moreh and Mamre (Gen 12:6; 18:1; Deut 11:30) are represented by a term meaning “valley.” According to the standard anal...
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| Language: | English |
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2022
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Textus
Year: 2022, Volume: 31, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 136-158 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Genesis 12,6
/ Bible. Genesis 18,1
/ Bible. Deuteronomium 11,30
/ Translation
/ Aramaic language
/ Greek language
/ Latin
/ Aquila Biblical character ca. 1. Jh.
/ Mamre
/ ṭal
/ Idumea
/ Monotheism
/ Samaritans
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament |
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bibel genesis 23,2
B Aquila B Idumaea B Mamre B Shechem B bibel genesis 37,14 B Vulgate B Targum B Samaritan Pentateuch B Septuagint |
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| Summary: | This paper concerns the rendering of Hebrew “terebinth” as “valley,” and the mention of a “valley” near Hebron in a plus. In the Targums, the Vulgate and Aquila the “terebinths” of Moreh and Mamre (Gen 12:6; 18:1; Deut 11:30) are represented by a term meaning “valley.” According to the standard analysis this rendering avoids the association of these precincts with non-monotheistic cults. However, this theory fails to explain the use of the term “valley.” Midrashic comments point to anti-Samaritan polemics, based on Deut 11:30, where “terebinth” and “plain,” Arabah, meet. Furthermore, a plus of the Septuagint and the Samaritan mentions “the valley of Hebron” (Gen 23:2; cf. the gloss, 37:14). These constellations are related to a particular sensitivity for the status of the Mamre region in the Persian era and beyond as it belongs to Idumaea, and its religious practice includes non-monotheistic cults. |
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| ISSN: | 2589-255X |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/2589255X-bja10029 |