The Targums: A Critical Introduction

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541 Index Aaron, 249, 255 Abahu, Rabbi, 314 Abednego, 33 Abel, 13–14, 220, 468, 472 Abiel, 257 Abot de Rabbi Nathan, 65 Abraham, and ancient Scripture translations , 369–72, 376–77; and Aramaic in Judaism, 273; and Aramaic retroversion of Jesus sayings, 420; and comparing the Targums and the New Testament, 390; and development of Targum Jonathan, 191; emphasis, additions in Targums for, 48–49; and interpretations of Genesis 22, 441–46, 448–68; and Targum Onqelos, 125; Targums and translation in the history of rabbinic literature, 305; and Targums of the Prophets, 224; and Targums to the Writings, 249, 251, 253–55 On Abraham (Philo), 446 Abram, 344, 346 Absalom, 304 Adam, additions to translation as a characteristic of Targums, 35; and dating the Targums of Israel, 164; and interpretations of Genesis 22, 467; and Pentateuchal Targums in rabbinic literature, 133; and purpose of Targums, 13, 16; and sources of the Palestinian Targums, 104; and Targums to the Writings, 254 additions to translation as a characteristic of Targums, and ancient Scripture translations , 346, 352–55, 362, 364, 367–68, 379; basics of understanding the, 28–36; references to other material in Targums, 46–49 Adisha, 162 afterlife, 104–6, 262 Agamemnon, 447 aggadah, 96, 479 The Aggadah in the Aramaic Targums to the Pentateuch (Shinan), 96, 104–5 Aha, Rabbi, 334 Ahab, 316 Ahasuerus, King, 250 al-Basri, Yefet ben Eli, 483 Alexander, Philip, characteristics of Targums, 36; and study of Pentateuchal Targums, 82; Targums in the rabbinic world and beyond, 475, 480–81, 484, 487–88; and Targums to the Writings, 232–34, 236, 240–41 Alexander the Great, 270, 272 Amalek, 249, 255 Amidah, 415 Amitai, 223 Ammi, Rabbi, 322 Ammon, 255, 316 Amnon, 303–4 Amoraic interpretation, of Former and Latter Prophets, 199–227; of Targum Isaiah, 173–97: of Targums and translations in rabbinic literature, 286, 312–13, 319, 324, 452 Amoraim, 57–60, 63–65 Amos, Targum of, 200, 222–25, 227 ancient Scripture translations, 339–80 542 — Index anthropomorphisms, Targums’ avoidance of, and ancient Scripture translations, 366, 372–73; characteristics of Targums, 21; and interpretations of Genesis 22, 456, 464; and purpose of Targums, 15; substitution of words in Targums, 45–46; and Targum Onqelos, 122; Targums in the rabbinic world and beyond, 481 Antiochus IV, 444–45 Antiquities of the Jews (Josephus), 446 Apocrypha, 174 Aqedah, 212, 224–25, 257, 439–72 Aqiba, Rabbi, 392 Aquilas, 133, 140, 312–13, 315 Aram, 254 Aramaic, translations of Targums beyond, 479–87 Aramaic dialects. see dialects, Aramaic Aramaic in Judaism, 267–81 The Aramaic of Targums Onkelos and Jonathan: An Introduction (Gropp), 87 Aramaic retroversion of Jesus sayings, 409–21 Aristeas, 330, 339–40 Aruk (Nathan ben Yehiel), 477 Asa, 258 Asa, Abraham, 484 Asaph, 254 Ashoka, King, 267 Asmodai, 243–44 attributions, lack of in Pentateuchal Targums , 131 Augustine of Hippo, 374 Avalos, H., 481 Aytoun, R. A., 190 Azariah, 251 Babylonia, Late Aramaic in, 277–79 Babylonia, Targums in, 139, 475 Babylonian Talmud, and Aramaic in Judaism , 267, 277, 279–80; and comparing the Targums and the New Testament, 393, 396; and dating the Targums of Israel, 156–57, 160; definition of Targum, 7; and development of Targum Jonathan, 169, 173–74; history of the, 62–64; and interpretations of Genesis 22, 450; no mention of Targums of Writings in, 11; Oral Torah in the, 61; and Pentateuchal Targums in rabbinic literature, 131–32, 139, 142–49; and rabbinic leadership, 57–58; and rabbinic literature , 55, 66; and study of Pentateuchal Targums, 71, 83–84; Targum as Scripture and hidden interpretation, 325–27, 330, 337; Targums and translation in the history of rabbinic literature, 286, 289, 294, 296–97, 302, 304–5, 308–10, 313, 315–16, 319, 321, 323–24; Targums in the, 9; Targums in the rabbinic world and beyond, 476, 478; and Targums to the Writings, 234, 236–37, 239, 242–43, 246–47, 253, 260 Babylonian Talmudic Aramaic (BTA), 277–80 Bacher, Wilhelm, 71–72 Balaam, 24, 206, 255, 346, 398 Bar Ilan, Meir, 290 Bar Kokhba, and Aramaic in Judaism, 271, 273, 277, 281; and Aramaic retroversion of Jesus sayings, 412; and description of the Targums, 9; and development of Targum Jonathan, 181; and origins of the synagogue, 4; and rabbinic literature, 55, 60; and study of Pentateuchal Targums, 85; and Targums of the Prophets, 199 Barabbas, 492 bat qol, 170, 172, 230, 457, 460 Bathsheba, 303–5, 321 Baumstark, A., 357 Bavli. see Babylonian Talmud...