This volume draws together essays by fourteen international scholars in the field of Aramaic and Syriac studies. It is published to pay fitting honour to Professor Martin McNamara, who has contributed so much to Targumic studies for almost forty years. The contributions in this collection reflect his interests in the study of the Targums, the development of the Aramaic language and early Jewish and Christian literature. Many of the contributors to this volume have worked with Professor McNamara in preparing volumes for the Aramaic Bible series, to which he has devoted so much time and energy.
Author(s): Kevin J. Cathcart, Michael Maher
Edition: First English Edition
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 250
Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 12
Part I. Targumic Studies......Page 14
The Song of Songs as Historical Allegory: Notes on the Development of an Exegetical Tradition / Philip S. Alexander......Page 15
Onomástica y Toponimia: Targum, Midrás y Antiguo Testamento / Luis Díez Merino......Page 31
'Finding Favor in Someone's Eyes': The Treatment of this Biblical Hebrew Idiom in the Ancient Aramaic Versions / Bernard Grossfeld......Page 53
Shem, Melchizedek, and Concern with Christianity in the Pentateuchal Targumim / Robert Hayward......Page 68
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan of Exodus 2.21 / Michael Maher......Page 82
The Attitude to Women in the Prologue of Targum Job / Céline Mangan......Page 101
The Image of Israel According to Targum Ezekiel / Josep Ribera......Page 112
Post-Pentateuchal Figures in the Pentateuchal Aramaic Targumim / Avigdor Shinan......Page 123
Part II. Aramaic and Syriac Studies......Page 140
The Curses in Old Aramaic Inscriptions / Kevin J. Cathcart......Page 141
Our Translated Tobit / Edward M. Cook......Page 154
Translational Features of the Peshitta in 1 Samuel / Robert P. Gordon......Page 164
'May He be Remembered for Good': An Aramaic Formula / John F. Healey......Page 178
Allusions and Illusions: St Ephrem's Verbal Magic in the Diatessaron Commentary / Carmel McCarthy......Page 188
La Prière de Namobnide (4Q242) / Emile Puech......Page 209
A Bibliography of the Works of Martin McNamara in Targumic and Biblical Studies......Page 230
Index of Biblical References......Page 235
Other Ancient References......Page 246
Indes of Authors......Page 248
