The Targumic Toseftot to Ezekiel

The Targumic Toseftot to Ezekiel......Page 4
Contents......Page 10
Author’s Preface......Page 14
Abbreviations......Page 18
1 Introduction......Page 26
2.1 Introduction......Page 32
2.2.1 The Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:1 in Codex Manchester, Gaster 1478......Page 33
2.2.1.1 The Text and Translation of the Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:1 (Ms Gaster 1478)......Page 35
The Year 430 after the Destruction of the Temple (line 2)......Page 44
The Recovery of the Law-Book after the Setting of the Moon (line 3)......Page 45
The Targumic Versions of the Recovery of the Law-Book (lines 4–8)......Page 46
The Quotation of Deuteronomy 28:36 (lines 6–7)......Page 48
Nebuchadnezzar and the House of Dagon (line 9)......Page 49
The Rendering of ‘Idols’ in Nebuchadnezzar’s Direct Speech (line 12; cf. 78)......Page 50
Nebuchadnezzar’s plan to invade heaven (lines 12–13)......Page 51
The Quotation of Isaiah 14:14 (line 14)......Page 53
The Sequence of the Seven Heavens (lines 18–23)......Page 54
The Description of the Bodily Dimensions of the Ḥayyot (lines 23–57)......Page 57
The Mentioning of the Ḥayyot (from line 24 onward)......Page 74
The Knees of the Ḥayyot (from line 29 onward)......Page 76
The Eight Hundred Heavens (lines 58, 62)......Page 77
The Throne of the King of the Kings of Kings (line 58)......Page 80
The Heavenly Curtain (lines 42–44)......Page 81
The Holy Spirit quotes Nebuchadnezzar (lines 66–67; cf. 12–13, 16–18)......Page 83
The Punishment of Nebuchadnezzar in the Infernal Worlds (lines 67–74)......Page 84
The Annihilation of Sennacherib’s Army (lines 80–83)......Page 86
The Parables of the Jews (lines 84–86)......Page 87
The Quotation of TgJon Ezekiel 1:1 (lines 87–89)......Page 89
Concluding Observations......Page 91
2.2.2 The Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:1 in Ms. T-S NS 245.98......Page 92
2.2.2.1 The Text and Translation of the Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:1 (Ms. T-S NS 245.98)......Page 93
2.2.3 The Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:1 in Ms. T-S NS 171.7......Page 94
2.2.3.1 The Text and Translation of the Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:1 (Ms. T-S NS 171.7)......Page 95
2.2.4 The Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:1 in Other Manuscripts......Page 96
Ms. JTSA L260A......Page 97
Ms. Feldman 143......Page 98
Ms. Halper 64......Page 99
2.2.4.1 The Text and Translation of the Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:1 in Other Manuscripts......Page 100
2.2.5 The Relationship between the Manuscripts......Page 132
2.3 The Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:3 in the Arukh ha-Shalem......Page 135
2.3.2 Comments on the Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:3 (Arukh ha-Shalem)......Page 136
2.4 The Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:8 in Codex Reuchlinianus......Page 138
2.4.1 The Text and Translation of the Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:8 (Codex Reuchlinianus)......Page 139
2.4.2 Comments on the Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:8 (Codex Reuchlinianus)......Page 140
2.5 The Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:12 in the Maḥzor Vitry (Ms. London 655)......Page 142
2.5.2 Comments on the Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:12 (Maḥzor Vitry)......Page 144
2.6 The Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:26 in Ms. 7 of the Montefiore Library......Page 149
2.6.1 The Text and Translation of the Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:26 (Ms. 7 Montefiore Library)......Page 150
2.6.2 Comments on the Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 1:26 (Ms. 7 Montefiore Library)......Page 151
3.1 Introduction......Page 154
3.2 The Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 28:13 in Codex Reuchlinianus......Page 156
3.2.1 The Text and Translation of the Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 28:13 (Codex Reuchlinianus)......Page 157
3.2.2 Comments on the Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 28:13 (Codex Reuchlinianus)......Page 158
The King of Tyre in Eden, the Garden of the Lord (line 2)......Page 159
The Parade of the Works of Creation and the Angels at the Wedding (lines 4–5)......Page 162
The Hubris and Downfall of the King of Tyre (lines 5–7)......Page 164
4.1 Introduction......Page 168
4.2 The Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 37:1–14 in the Pentateuch Salonika......Page 169
4.2.1 The Text and Translation of the Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 37:1–14 (Pentateuch Salonika)......Page 170
The Resurrection of the Jews in the Diaspora? (lines 2–4)......Page 173
The Valley of Dura (line 4)......Page 176
The Aggadah on the Premature Ephraimite Exodus (lines 5–6)......Page 177
The Bones of the Ephraimites are turned into Drinking Vessels (lines 13–17)......Page 183
No Resurrection for the Sinful Moneylender (lines 22–23)......Page 185
The Resurrection of the Deceased Jews and their Return to their Homeland (lines 27–31)......Page 187
4.3 The Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 37:1 in the Maḥzor Vitry (Ms. London 655)......Page 188
4.3.1 The Text and Translation of the Targumic Tosefta to Ezekiel 37:1 (Ms London 655)......Page 189
An Alternative Route to the Promised Land for Israel (lines 7–8)......Page 190
5.1 Language......Page 192
Orthography......Page 194
Vocabulary......Page 195
Morphology......Page 197
Syntactical observations......Page 200
5.2 Date and Provenance......Page 205
5.3 Sitz im Leben......Page 207
Appendices......Page 210
Appendix A The Targumic Versions of the Recovery of the Book of the Torah......Page 212
Appendix B The Targumic Versions of Deuteronomy 28:36......Page 216
Appendix C The Order of the Heavens in Rabbinic Literature......Page 218
Appendix D The Stature of the Godhead in Sefer Haqqomah compared with the Stature of the Ḥayyot in b.Ḥagiga 13a and in TosTgs. Ezekiel 1:1......Page 220
1. The Cosmic Body of God in the Jewish tradition......Page 222
2. The Cosmic Body of God in Ancient Mesopotamia......Page 224
3. The Cosmic Body of God in Ancient Egypt......Page 225
4. The Cosmic Body of God in the Greaco-Roman World......Page 228
5. Conclusion......Page 233
Appendix F The Order of the Underworlds in Rabbinic Literature......Page 236
Appendix G Aggadah on the Premature Exodus of Tribe of Ephraim in Rabbinic Literature......Page 238
Bibliography......Page 240
Index of Sources......Page 250