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The Aramaic Bible: Targums in their Historical Context

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SYREN Ishmael and'Esau <strong>in</strong> Jubilees and Targum Ps.-J. 315<br />

Isaac and Jacob. It would seem, accord<strong>in</strong>gly, that s<strong>in</strong>ce both the geographical<br />

and theological dimensions are at work <strong>in</strong> Pseudo-Jonathan,<br />

they might conceivably converge and effect a conflation of 'foreign'<br />

and 'idolater/heretic'. But such a conflation would <strong>in</strong> any case be secondary<br />

<strong>in</strong> Pseudo-Jonathan's perspective: Ishmael (Gen. 21.9) and<br />

Esau (Gen. 25.32) were still liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the house at the moment of the<br />

perpetration. <strong>The</strong>ir offend<strong>in</strong>g acts were the immediate cause of <strong>their</strong><br />

expulsion. And it is logical that Pseudo-Jonathan has Ishmael repent<br />

before his return <strong>in</strong> Gen. 25.8-9 (even though the expansion there<br />

does not formally concord with the immediate context).

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