By Michael Maher MSC
Incorrectly attributed to Jonathan ben Uzziel, this Targum, a part of the Palestinian Targums, has been name Pseudo-Jonathan to rectify this improper id. Pseudo-Jonathan offers us with a translation of just about each verse of the Pentateuch. specific from different Targums of the Pentateuch in lots of methods, this Targum is additionally greatly a composite paintings, yet one composed with ability and initiative.
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Mentions four things (the intercalation o f years, the solstices, the new moon, and the cycles of the sun) which are not mentioned in any of the other Targums o f this verse. -J. and Nf. , three (the intercalation of years, the solstices, and the cycles) are mentioned (among other terms) in PRE 8 (52), and the technical terms used are the Heb. -J. The fourth term ,m w ldsyhr\ “the new moon,” occurs several times in its Hebrew form in PRE 1 (41-51). SeealsoTg. -J. in our present verse also occur.
Eleazer held that the two lights were essentially different, while the Sages held that they were identical; cf. b. Hag. 12a (64). See also j. Berak. 8,1 2b; Gen. R. 3,6; 42,3. Since the heavenly bodies mentioned in Gen 1:14-15 were made “to give light upon the earth” (v. ’s addition of the words “to illuminate the world” in v. 3 was made in the light o f the opinion attributed to the Sages in the Hagigah text just referred to. J. ’s addition may have been made with a view to refuting the he retical doctrine of emanation which finds expression in Gen.
60b (331), Israel is to reckon the days and the years by the moon. According to Gen. R. 6,1, “for days and years” refers to the beginnings o f the months and to the sanctification o f the years. -J. mentions four things (the intercalation o f years, the solstices, the new moon, and the cycles of the sun) which are not mentioned in any of the other Targums o f this verse. -J. and Nf. , three (the intercalation of years, the solstices, and the cycles) are mentioned (among other terms) in PRE 8 (52), and the technical terms used are the Heb.