What is the use of a Targum in a cultural setting where Aramaic is not a common language anymore? And why would Christians be interested in a typically Jewish text in an otherwise anti-Jewish milieu? These and related questions have served as guides for Alberdina Houtman, Evelin…
A Jewish Targum in a Christian World presents a variety of articles around 1. The Use and Function of Targum in Europe; 2. Editing Targum Texts and their Latin Translations; 3. Christians Studying Targum Texts.
"The articles in this collection demonstrate that a change is taking place in New Testament studies. Throughout the twentieth century, New Testament scholarship primarily worked under the assumption that only two languages, Aramaic and Greek, were in common use in the land of Is…
