Targum Onkelos (ENGTOE)

Overview

The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel On the Pentateuch With The Fragments of the Jerusalem Targum From the Chaldee by J. W. Etheridge, M.A. First Published 1862-65.

John Wesley Etheridge (1804-1866) was an English Methodist minister and Orientalist who produced this English translation of the Aramaic Targums on the Pentateuch. [1] The work was published in two volumes by Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts in London: the first volume covering Genesis and Exodus appeared in 1862, and the second covering Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy in 1865. [1] Etheridge's translation is described as "strictly ad literam," preserving the idiomatic characteristics of the original Aramaic (Chaldee) while rendering it into readable English. [2] The Targum of Onkelos is a literal Aramaic paraphrase of the Pentateuch that became the official Targum of Babylonian Judaism, while the Targum of Jonathan Ben Uzziel is a more expansive paraphrase incorporating haggadic material. Etheridge's translation remains a key resource for English-speaking scholars of the Targums. [2]

[1] [The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch](https://archive.org/details/cu31924074296975) - Internet Archive, original 1862 edition. [2] [Targum Onkelos Etheridge](https://ebible.org/find/show.php?id=engoke) - eBible.org.

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