The Date and Provenance of Targum Pseudo-Jonathan: The Evidence of Pirqe deRabbi Eliezer and the Chronicles of Moses

Abstract The date of Targum Pseudo-Jonathan has been the occasion of much controversy, with propositions ranging from the Second Temple period to the time of the Crusades. Related to the Targum is the late midrashic work Pirqe deRabbi Eliezer (eighth century), but the nature of this relationship is...

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1. VerfasserIn: McDowell, Gavin (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2021
In: Aramaic studies
Jahr: 2021, Band: 19, Heft: 1, Seiten: 121-154
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Pirke dĕrabbi Elieser / Midrasch / Datierung / Herkunft
RelBib Classification:BH Judentum
HB Altes Testament
weitere Schlagwörter:B Targum Pseudo-Jonathan
B Sefer ha-Yashar
B Pirqe deRabbi Eliezer
B Chronicles of Jerahmeel
B Chronicles of Moses
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract The date of Targum Pseudo-Jonathan has been the occasion of much controversy, with propositions ranging from the Second Temple period to the time of the Crusades. Related to the Targum is the late midrashic work Pirqe deRabbi Eliezer (eighth century), but the nature of this relationship is disputed. The present article proposes that the Targum depends unilaterally on PRE , based on two principal arguments: 1. PRE does not refer to common Targumic traditions in Pseudo-Jonathan; and 2. Pseudo-Jonathan uses sources that post-date PRE , namely the Chronicles of Moses, which was written around the eleventh century. The Targum’s use of late sources places its redaction long after the conclusion of the first millennium. The author proposes a twelfth-century Italian origin, which corresponds to the earliest evidence for the Targum.
ISSN:1745-5227
Enthält:Enthalten in: Aramaic studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455227-bja10018