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The hermeneutics of scribal rewriting in Targum Jonathan Ezek 1

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Date
01/12/2014
Author
Tooman, William Arthur
Keywords
Targum
Rewritten Bible
Aramaic
Scribal
Exegesis
Hermeneutics
Ezekiel
Cherub
Vision
Theophany
Midrash
Rabbinic
Targum Jonathan
BS The Bible
BDC
R2C
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Abstract
This paper examines a number of expansions and rewordings in Tg. J. Ezek 1 that alter or elaborate upon the description of the celestial creatures. The object is threefold: to identify textual cues within the Targum’s Vorlage that sparked expansions or rewordings, to explain the exegetical choices reflected in those expansions and rewordings, and to deduce something about the hermeneutical assumptions under which those choices were made. Along the way, I explain several features of the Targum in new ways, but the principal objects of my inquiry are the scribes responsible for Targum Jonathan and the various ways that they interacted with their Hebrew Vorlage. I propose that the expansions and rewordings never reflect exuberance or whimsy on the part of the targumic scribes. Rather, they represent a disciplined effort to produce an accurate reading of their Hebrew text, undertaken according to certain hermeneutical assumptions, assumptions that are co-extensive with their assumptions about the nature of their source texts as scripture.
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Tooman , W A 2014 , ' The hermeneutics of scribal rewriting in Targum Jonathan Ezek 1 ' , Journal of Ancient Judaism , vol. 5 , no. 3 , pp. 393-414 . https://doi.org/10.13109/jaju.2014.5.3.393
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Journal of Ancient Judaism
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.13109/jaju.2014.5.3.393
ISSN
1869-3296
Type
Journal article
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© 2014 Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen. This work is made available online with permission from the publisher. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at https://doi.org/10.13109/jaju.2014.5.3.393
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/10024

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