Targum
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title:
Targum
text:
A targum was an originally spoken translation of the Hebrew Bible that a professional translator would give in the common language of the listeners when that was not Biblical Hebrew. This had become necessary near the end of the first century BCE, as the common language was Aramaic and Hebrew was used for little more than schooling and worship. The translator frequently expanded his translation with paraphrases, explanations and examples, so it became a kind of sermon. Writing down the targum wa
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Aramaic translation of the Jewish scriptures
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targum
date created:
2001-07-27T16:56:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T13:54:26Z
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