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* '''targumim:''' (singular: "targum", Hebrew: תרגום‎)  spoken paraphrases, explanations, and expansions of the Jewish scriptures that a Rabbi would give in the common language of the listeners, which during the time of this practice was commonly, but not exclusively, Aramaic.
  
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targum Targum] - is an Aramaic translation of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) written or compiled in the Land of Israel or in Babylonia from the Second Temple period until the early Middle Ages (late first millennium). Targum is also the name used for the dialects of Aramaic spoken by Jews in Kurdistan.
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[[Category: Old Testament]]

Revision as of 12:45, 31 July 2012

  • targumim: (singular: "targum", Hebrew: תרגום‎) spoken paraphrases, explanations, and expansions of the Jewish scriptures that a Rabbi would give in the common language of the listeners, which during the time of this practice was commonly, but not exclusively, Aramaic.
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