Acknowledgements

Preface

Abbreviations

PART ONE TARGUMIC PORTRAYALS OF BIBLICAL FIGURES

I. Shem, Melchizedek, and Concern with Christianity in the Pentateuchal Targumim

II. Abraham as Proselytizer at Beer-sheba in the Targums of the Pentateuch

III. Balaam's Prophecies as Interpreted by Philo and the Aramaic Targums of the Pentateuch

IV. The Figure of Adam in Pseudo-Philo's Biblical Antiquities

V. The Sacrifice of Isaac and Jewish Polemic against Christianity

VI. A Portrait of the Wicked Esau in the Targum of Codex Neofiti 1

PART TWO DATING TARGUM PSEUDO-JONATHAN

VII. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan and Anti-Islamic Polemic

VIII. The Date of Targum Pseudo-Jonathan: Some Comments

IX. Jacob's Second Visit to Bethel in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan

X. Pirqe de Rabbi Eliezer and Targum Pseudo-Jonathan

XI. Inconsistencies and Contradictions in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan: The Case of Eliezer and Nimrod

XII. Red Heifer and Golden Calf: Dating Targum Pseudo-Jonathan

XIII. The Priestly Blessing in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan

PART THREE SAINT JEROME AND JEWISH TRADITION

XIV. Jewish Traditions in Jerome's Commentary on Jeremiah and the Targum of Jeremiah

XV. Saint Jerome and the Aramaic Targumim

XVI. Some Observations on St. Jerome's Hebrew Questions on Genesis and the Rabbinic Tradition

PART FOUR TARGUM AND TEMPLE

XVII. Sirach and Wisdom's Dwelling Place

XVIII. Food, the Animals, and Human Dignity. Jewish Perceptions in a Targumic Context

XIX. Melchizedek as Priest of the Jerusalem Temple in Talmud, Midrash, and Targum

Index of Modern Authors

Index of Scriptural, Rabbinic, and Patristic References