To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: targums
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 18:38:24 -0400
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this but I was wondering if
what is called the 'targums' are generally trustworthy?
What I mean is, I have read where they are Aramaic paraphrases for the
Hebrew scriptures. Are they 'too' parapharsical to get a sense of Jewish
thought at the time or do they generally present an accurate rendition of
the Hebrew thought, just perhaps stated differently?