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Article: Targum Neofiti 1: An Exegetical Commentary to Genesis, Including Full Rabbinic Parallels. (Reviews of Books).
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- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
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- January 1, 2002
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Targum Neofiti 1: An Exegetical Commentary to Genesis, Including Full Rabbinic Parallels. By B. GROSSFELD, edited by L. H. SCHIFFMAN. New York: SEPHER-HERMON PRESS, 2000 Pp. xxxvi + 506. $65.
This book is based on the author's dissertation, "A Commentary on the Text of a New Palestinian Targum on Gen I-XXV" (Boston University, 1968). It begins with an introduction comprising several chapters. The first, "Dating," deals with the date of Targum Neofiti. The author presents several views: A. Diez Macho and M. McNamara believe that it was composed in the first or second century A.D., based on a preChristian textual tradition. M. Kasher attributes the work to the ...