Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Aramaic Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
19,1 (2021) 121-154
Keywords:
Bible. Authorship
;
Date of authorship
;
Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Chronicles of Moses Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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.
DOI:
10.1163/17455227-bja10018
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