The targumic toseftot to Ezekiel / by Alinda Damsma.

• Superior document: Studies in the Aramaic interpretation of Scripture, v. 13
• Author: Damsma, Alinda.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the Aramaic interpretation of Scripture ; v. 13.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (259 p.)
• Notes: This study represents a revised version of the author's doctoral dissertation submitted to University College London in 2008.

This book focuses on the additional liturgical and alternative readings of Targum Ezekiel, the so-called Targumic Toseftot. The critical text, translation, and commentary are presented with special reference to the long segments of unique mystical lore that are preserved in the Targumic Toseftot to...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material
• I. Introduction
• II. The Targumic Toseftot to Ezekiel 1
• III. Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 28:13
• IV. Targumic Toseftot to Ezekiel 37
• V. Concluding Observations
• Appendix A: The Targumic Versions of the Recovery of the Book of the Torah
• Appendix B: The Targumic Versions of Deuteronomy 28:36
• Appendix C: The Order of the Heavens in Rabbinic Literature
• Appendix D: The Stature of the Godhead in Sefer Haqqomah compared with the Stature of the Ḥayyot in bornḤagiga 13a and in TosTgs. Ezekiel 1:1
• Appendix E: The Concept of the Macrocosmic Body in the Ancient near East
• Appendix F: The Order of the Underworlds in Rabbinic Literature
• Appendix G: Aggadah on the Premature Exodus of the Tribe of Ephraim in Rabbinic Literature
• Bibliography
• Index of Sources.