An Apparent Contradiction in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Genesis 25:20–26: Was Rebekah Barren for Twenty or Twenty-Two Years?
While the Hebrew Bible does not specify the duration of Rebekah’s barrenness, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan (TgPsJ) Gen. 25:21 introduces a comment that Rebekah was barren for twenty-two years. This appears to produce an inconsistency, both between the Hebrew Bible and TgPsJ, and within the TgPsJ narrative...
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| Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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Aramaic studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 42-63 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Genesis 25
/ Rebecca
/ Biblical chronology
/ Targum Yerušalmi I 5. Pentateuch
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Aramaic
Targum
Pseudo-Jonathan
contradiction
interpretation
Rebekah
Isaac
barrenness
B Targum |
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