The Aramaic Bible: Targums in their Historical Context

350 The Aramaic Bible: Targums in their Historical Context
Jacob: 3.19; 4.7; 15.10 7.19
Edom: 4.10 3 10.6
Egypt: 5.15, 20 7.19
Canaan:
Israel
5.23 4.14
(added to'land'): 5.10; 15.19; 4 18.17;
38.13
1.12; 10.175
TheProphets:
Destruction of the
3.8; 4.18 1.8; 8.1
Temple: 3.5 1.2; 7.4
Torah Study
The importance of Torah study is emphasized in both Targums. For
example:
Targum Job Targum Qohelet
Occupied in Study
of Torah: 3.17; 5.7; 6 Turning aside from
36.33 1.3; 2.25; 5.17;
6.6, 8, 12; 7.7; 9.4;
10.11; 11.8; 12.12
Torah study: 24.13; 30.4 1.15; 6.6; 10.9, 18
Wisdom and Torah:
The Light of the
11.8 5.11; 7.5, 11, 12, 23
Torah: 3.16 6.5
House of Study: 5.24 7.5,17
Good and Evil
Preoccupation with judgment and punishment because of evil doing is
evident in both Targums. To a lesser extent mention is made of
reward for good living, repentance, redemption and forgiveness.
Reward and punishment are often connected with the after-life.
Additions of this nature include:
3. In some manuscripts: El Targum de Job, p. 157.
4. In some manuscripts: El Targum de Job, p. 243.
5. Israel is more often added to 'people' in Targum Qohelet.
6. In a variant in some manuscripts: see Fernandez Vallina, El Targum de Job,
p. 164.