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Targum and Testament Revisited: Aramaic Paraphrases of the Hebrew Bible: A Light on the New Testament is unavailable, but you can change that!

Targum and Testament Revisited is a new edition of a text first published in 1972, now revised in light of research during the intervening period. In his introduction Martin McNamara details significant developments in the field, ending with a note on the tell-like structure of targumic tradition, with interpretations from different ages, also showing the presence of continuity in interpretation...

are Bruce Chilton and Geza Vermes. The former has written extensively on the Targums (particularly the Targum of Isaiah) and the New Testament, and due to his work the value of targumic evidence even for studies on the historical Jesus is recognized (e.g. by Craig A. Evans).27 An obvious requirement in a contemporary study of the issue is a clear indication of the methodology being used. All agree that it is not a question of the New Testament being dependent on the Targums (or rabbinic tradition)
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