Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Dave Washburn <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

On Monday 16 June 2003 11:19, Peter Kirk wrote:

> When and where? What evidence do you have for the use of Aramaic
> targumim, and for what date? Consider Randall Buth's evidence, in the
> article whose reference I just posted, that the only Targum known from
> the second temple period is that of Job, which may have been a special
> case.
>

Actually, the DSS included a Targum of Leviticus as well.  Would this also be 
a "special case"?  The problem is, because of the accident of preservation, 
we don't know how many Targumim the people of the scrolls had.  But the 
presence of Targumim of at least two biblical books, as well as Aramaic 
documents such as the Genesis Apocryphon and others, suggest that at least 
some studied the Scriptures in Aramaic rather than (or perhaps in addition 
to) Hebrew.

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Dave Washburn
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