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    The Targum Jonathan (Hebrew: תרגום יונתן בן עוזיאל) is the translation to the Nevi'im section of the Hebrew Bible employed in Lower Mesopotamia ("Babylonia")...
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    Targum Pseudo-Jonathan (also known as the Jerusalem Targum, Targum Yerushalmi, or Targum Jonathan) is an Aramaic translation and interpretation (targum)...
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    Onkelos on the Torah Targum Jonathan on the Nevi'im These two targumim are mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud as targum dilan ("our Targum"), giving them official...
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    Targum Onkelos (or Onqelos; Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: תַּרְגּוּם אֻנְקְלוֹס‎, Targūm ’Unqəlōs) is the primary Jewish Aramaic targum ("translation") of...
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  • Targum is a translation of the Bible into Aramaic. The classic Targumim are Targum Onkelos on the Chumash (a Torah in printed form), Targum Jonathan on...
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  • no "official" eastern (Babylonian) targum to Ketuvim, equivalent to Targum Onkelos on the Torah and Targum Jonathan on Nevi'im. In fact, the Babylonian...
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    often more expansive than Targum Onkelos, but less so than Targum Pseudo-Jonathan. In 1587, Andrea de Monte gave the Targum Neofiti to his friend Ugo...
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    as a fumigant, medicine, and bleaching agent. Compounding this, the Targum Jonathan translates the Hebrew gofrīt as kīvrētāʾ (Aramaic: כִּבְרֵיתָא), a...
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    High Priest once and for all. Chazalic literature – specifically Targum Jonathan, Targum Yerushalmi, and the Babylonian Talmud – presents his name (מלכי־צדק‎)...
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    The Targum Sheni, also known as the Second Targum of Esther, is an Aramaic translation (targum) and elaboration of the Book of Esther. Notably, the biblical...
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