A Jewish Targum in a Christian World.

A Jewish Targum in a Christian World presents a variety of articles around 1. The Use and Function of Targum in Europe; 2. Editing Targum Texts and their Latin Translations; 3. Christians Studying Targum Texts.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Houtman, Alberdina
Other Authors: Staalduine-Sulman, E. van, Kirn, Hans-Martin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2014.
Series:Jewish and Christian perspectives series.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • About the Contributors; Glossary; Introduction; Part One Uses and Functions of Targum in Europe; A Variety of Targum Texts; The Role of Targum Samuel in European Jewish Liturgy; Initial Observations Concerning the Text of Targum 2 Samuel 22 as Preserved in European Liturgical Manuscripts; The Role of the Targum in Jewish Education in Medieval Europe; Targum Layouts in Ashkenazi Manuscripts Preliminary Methodological Observations; Part Two Editing Targums and Their Latin Translations; The Latin Versions of the Old Testament from Jerome to the Editio Clementina.
  • The Commission of Targum Manuscripts and the Patronage of Christian Hebraism in Sixteenth-Century CastileA Jewish Targum in a Remarkable Paratext. Paratextual Elements in Two Targum Manuscriptsof Alfonso de Zamora; The 'Jewish' Rabbinic Bibles versus the 'Christian' Polyglot Bibles; Christian Arguments for Including Targums in Polyglot Bibles; Part Three Targum and Christianity; The Study of the Aramaic Targum by Christians in Medieval France and England; The Targum in Christian Scholarship to 1800; Traces of Targum Reception in the Work of Martin Luther.
  • 'And Their Laws Are Diverse from All People'. Haman's Protests against the Jews in Targum Sheni to EstherIndex of Subjects and Names; Index of Ancient and Medieval Sources.