Dr. Shlomi Efrati is a postdoctoral researcher in the ERC funded project ‘TEXTEVOLVE’ for the study of Targum at KU Leuven. He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from the department of Talmud and Halakhah in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2019, he joined the Scripta Qumranica Electronica project at the University of Haifa as a postdoctoral research associate, participating in the preparation of a new edition of the Qumran wisdom composition Instruction. Since 2021 he has taken part in the preparation of a new edition of the Aramaic writings from Qumran, directed by Prof. Elisha Qimron. He collaborated with Prof. Michael Stone in the publication of an early Armenian Commentary on Genesis: The Genesis Commentary by Step‘anos of Siwnik‘ (DUB.) [CSCO 695, Scriptores Armeniaci 32], Louvain: Peeters, 2021).
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July 13, 2022
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Targum Onqelos usually offers a straightforward Aramaic rendering of the biblical verse. The Palestinian Targums (=Targum Yerushalmi), in contrast, offer more expansive, midrashic renderings of the verse. Numbers 24:1, in which Balaam looks to the wilderness, offers us a further glimpse into a world with multiple Targumic traditions.
Targum Onqelos usually offers a straightforward Aramaic rendering of the biblical verse. The Palestinian Targums (=Targum Yerushalmi), in contrast, offer more expansive, midrashic renderings of the verse. Numbers 24:1, in which Balaam looks to the wilderness, offers us a further glimpse into a world with multiple Targumic traditions.
