The Aramaic Version of the Bible : : Contents and Context / / Etan Levine.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Theology and Religious Studies <1990
• VerfasserIn: Levine, Etan,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©1988
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , 174
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (259 p.)

Table of Contents

i-iv -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introductory Essays -- I. The People and the Book -- II. The Language Barrier -- III. Tradition and Translation -- IV. The Extant Targums -- V. The Aramaic Version as Textual Witness -- VI. General Characteristics of Targum -- The Aramaic Version of the Bible -- I. Aspects of Monotheism -- II. The Name of God -- III. The Angelic, the Demonic & the Occult -- IV. Revelation through Word and Wonder -- V. On Divine Justice -- VI. Free Will and the Evil Urge -- VII. Israel of the Flesh; Apologetic Biography -- VIII. Imputed Merit and Imputed Guilt -- IX. The Holiness Imperative -- X. The Jerusalem Temple -- XI. Repentance and Atonement -- XII. On Prayer -- XIII. On Torah -- XIV. The Legitimation of Pharisaic Authority -- XV. Pharisaic-Rabbinic Law and Institutions -- XVI. Contradictions of Pharisaic-Rabbinic Law -- XVII. History and Historiography -- XVIII. The Theology of Exile -- XIX. Confronting Pagan Civilization -- XX. Anti-Christian Polemic -- XXI. Anti Moslem Polemic -- XXII. The Messiah -- XXIII. Resurrection and the Afterlife -- Select Bibliography -- Source Index -- Index of Aramaic and Hebrew Terms -- Subject Index -- 259-262