Targum
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Targums,
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Targumim
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Origin of Targum
From the Aramaic word targūm literally, paraphrase, interpretation
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“People knew how good this team was,” said Tom Luicci, a former reporter for The Star-Ledger of Newark who also covered the team for The Daily Targum.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2015
After he became famous the Russian Government was desirous of procuring a copy of this rare book, Targum, for the Imperial Library, and sent an Envoy to England for the purpose.
From A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow by Thomas James Wise
There is also a second Targum on Esther.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
The form in which the allegorical theory became fixed in the synagogue is contained in the Midrash Chazita and in the Targum, which is a commentary rather than a translation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Targum, a Chaldee version or paraphrase of the Old Testament.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe
Rashi constantly draws inspiration from both these works, and possibly also from the Targumim to the Hagiographa, which are much more recent than the other two Targumim.
From Rashi by Adele Szold
These names do not indeed, accurately represent the authorship of the oldest Targumim, which may more correctly be regarded as later and authoritative recensions of what, in some form, had existed before.
From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by James Edward Talmage
Agreeably to this obvious conclusion, the Targums exhibit the Word with all the characteristics of the expected Messiah.
From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Eleazar Lord
The Midrash and the Targums as usual furnish much additional information.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
In the Jewish Targums Sammael, "the highest angel that stands before God's throne, caused the serpent to seduce the woman"; he coalesces with Satan, and has inferior Satans as his servants.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
In the present connection, though not belonging properly to the Targums, may be named the Samaritan version of the Samaritan Pentateuch, printed with the originals in the Paris and London Polyglotts.
From Companion to the Bible by E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows
Targums, language in which they were written, 277.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller
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