Classifying the Aramaic Texts from Qumran
Classifying the Aramaic Texts from Qumran

Author: John Starr

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-12-15

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 0567667839

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Analysis of the scroll fragments of the Qumran Aramaic scrolls has been plentiful to date. Their shared characteristics of being written in Aramaic, the common language of the region, not focused on the Qumran Community, and dating from the 3rd century BCE to the 1st century CE have enabled the creation of a shared identity, distinguishing them from other fragments found in the same place at the same time. This classification, however, could yet be too simplistic as here, for the first time, John Starr applies sophisticated statistical analyses to newly available electronic versions of these fragments. In so doing, Starr presents a potential new classification which comprises six different text types which bear distinctive textual features, and thus is able to narrow down the classification both temporally and geographically. Starr's re-visited classification presents fresh insights into the Aramaic texts at Qumran, with important implications for our understanding of the many strands that made up Judaism in the period leading to the writing of the New Testament.

The Aramaic Bible
The Aramaic Bible

Author: Derek R. G. Beattie

Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press

Published: 1994-08

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13:

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The twenty-six essays in this volume represent the papers read at the international Conference on the Aramiac Bible held in Dublin (1992). The purpose of the Conference was to bring together leading specialists on the Targums and related topics to discuss issues in the light of recent developments, for instance Second Temple interpretation of the Scriptures, Qumran Literature, targumic and Palestinian Aramaic, new Genizah manuscripts, Jewish tradition, Origen's Hexapla, Pseudepigrapha, Apocrypha and the Christian West. The papers are arranged under seven headings: Targum Texts and Editions; The Aramaic Language: The Targums and Jewish Biblical Interpretation; Targums of the Pentateuch; Targums of the Hagiographa; Targums and New Testament; Jewish Traditions and Christian Writings. The international team, drawn from nine countries, is as follows (following the order of the papers); M. Klein, S. Reif, L. Diez Merino, R. Gordon, M. McNamara, S.A. Kaufman, E. Cook, M. Hengel, O. Betz, A. Shinan, J. Ribera, B. Grossfeld, P.V.M. Flesher, G. Boccaccini, M. Maher, R. Hayward, R. Syren, P.S. Alexander, D.R.G. Beattie, C. Mangan, B. Ego, M. Wilcox, B. Chilton, G.J. Norton, B. Kedar Kopstein, M. Stone.

Maimonides
Maimonides

Author: Israel Drazin

Publisher: Gefen Publishing House Ltd

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9789652294319

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This thought-provoking and enlightening book uncovers unknown but true facts about Maimonides, his family and his unique, often controversial, but brilliant ideas.

Targum Onqelos to Leviticus And Numbers
Targum Onqelos to Leviticus And Numbers

Author: Bernard Grossfeld

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2024-04-24

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 081468940X

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The Onqelos Targums are the most literal translations of the Targumim. When translated by Bernard Grossfeld-the foremost scholar of Aramaic in the United States-these Torah volumes represent some of the most scholarly and accurate translations in existence.