The Aramaic Bible, Volume 16: The Targum of Psalms
Overview
While any translation of the Scriptures may in Hebrew be called a targum, the word is used especially for a translation of a book of the Hebrew Bible into Aramaic. Before the Christian era, Aramaic had in good part replaced Hebrew in Palestine as the vernacular of the Jews. It continued as their vernacular for centuries later and remained in part as the language of the schools after Aramaic itself had been replaced as the vernacular.
This work provides the first translation into English of the Targum of Psalms, together with an introduction, a critical apparatus listing variants from several manuscripts and their printed editions, and annotations.
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- Offers a translation by experts in Aramaic and Hebrew
- Contains succinct verse-by-verse translation
- Preserves the particular and peculiar nature of the original Aramaic translations
Most Highlighted Verses in The Aramaic Bible, Volume 16: The Targum of Psalms
Psalm 19:12: Besides, by them your servant is warned; when they keep them, in exchange for this the prince of Israel is produced.
Psalm 45:3: Your beauty, O anointed king, exceeds that of the sons of men; the spirit of prophecy is given upon your lips; therefore the Lord has blessed you for ever.
Psalm 45:8: You are the anointed king, because you love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore the Lord God has anointed youwith the oil of gladness, above your fellows.
Psalm 118:22: The architects forsook the youth among the sons of Jesse, but he was worthy to be appointed king and ruler.
The Aramaic Bible series, under McNamara’s able leadership, has brought the difficult world of Targum to a larger audience of biblical scholars.
—Gary A. Rendsburg, Blanche and Irving Laurie Chair in Jewish History, Cornell University
- Title: The Aramaic Bible, Volume 16: The Targum of Psalms
- Translator: David M. Stec
- Publisher: Liturgical Press
- Publication Date: 2004
- Pages: 272
- Christian Group: Catholic
- Resource Type: Ancient Texts
- Topic: Judaica