The Use of Eschatological Lists within the Targumim of the Megilloth

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" The Use of Eschatological Lists within the Targumim of the Megilloth "
Christian Brady

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1074932
Doc. No	:	LA118561
Call No	:	‭10.1163/157006309X443477‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Christian Brady
Title & Author	:	The Use of Eschatological Lists within the Targumim of the Megilloth [Article]\ Christian Brady
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal for the Study of Judaism
Date	:	2009
Volume/ Issue Number	:	40/4-5
Page No	:	493–509
Abstract	:	Several of the Targumim of the Megilloth contain lists (songs, famines, kings, etc.) that culminate in the future Messianic age. For example, Tg. Song opens with the list of Ten Songs and Tg. Ruth opens with the list of Ten Famines. Such lists are well known from other midrashic texts and this article will consider how and why these lists are used in the Targumim of the Megilloth and will propose that these additions are not merely the result of an opportunity presented by the Hebrew text but are being used specifically to further the overarching exegetical agenda of the Targum in question.
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	Jewish Studies
Descriptor	:	LISTS
Descriptor	:	MEGILLOTH
Descriptor	:	MIDRASH
Descriptor	:	RUTH
Descriptor	:	SONG OF SONGS
Descriptor	:	TARGUM
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/157006309X443477‬