Targum Onkelos

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Background

Names

Common name –
Other names –

Date

3rd century CE–

Place

Majority of Targum Scholars trace its origin to Palestine, but believe that the final redaction occurred in Babylonia¹–

Language

–Aramaic. But he also uses a fair amount of Greek words²

Text

Manuscripts –
Printings –
Textual layers –
Redactions: Inconsistencies in the Targum may also be attributed to the orally transmitted method that took place over many generations before being committed to writing. Redactors could only work with the material they had. This corpus of material included people personal interpretations, and other changes made to the oral tradition over the years. ³

Content

Genre

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Structure

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Characteristics

–many view it as a direct translation of the Torah into Aramaic, however, often there are times when Onkoles will alter or eliminate expressions . For instance, he genrerally avoided anthropomorphisms

Sources

Significant Influences

–Onkelos was heavily influenced by the school of R. Akiva, although occasionally he will yield to the interpretations of R. Yishmael.

Occasional Usage

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Possible Relationship

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Impact

Other Classical Works

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Medieval Exegetes

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Supercommentaries

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