RT Article
T1 Ahasuerus' Court: Esther 1:10, 14 according to the First Targum to Esther
JF Jewish studies quarterly
VO 26
IS 4
SP 386
OP 396
A1 Huroṿits, Avigdor 1948-2013
LA English
PB Mohr Siebeck
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1688539190
AB The fixing of the literary form of the Bible did not put an end to its development. In the Targumim to the Book of Esther, the frame of the literal translation is embellished by additions of considerable length, some related to rabbinic midrashim and the Talmud, but with no apparent basis in the Hebrew original. This article examines two verses in the First Targum to Esther that are considerably expanded vis-à-vis the Hebrew original and also diverge in content, and tries to explain the working of the midrashic mind behind the Targum, and the rabbinic sources it employed.
K1 Bibel : Ester : 1,10.14
K1 Angels
K1 Aramaic translation
K1 Persian names
K1 Eunuchs
K1 midrashic interpretation
K1 Rewriting
DO 10.1628/jsq-2019-0026