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Onkelos

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Onkelos (ŏng`kəlōs), 2d cent. A.D., translator of the Hebrew Bible into Aramaic, his work later being given the title Targum Onkelos (see Targum Targum [Aramaic,=translation], Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Bible. When Aramaic replaced the Hebrew tongue among the Jews of Palestine and Babylon, interpreters were called to translate and explain the scriptural passages that were read aloud during synagogue
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). A proselyte, he gained the respect of the leading Hebrew scholars of his day. His translation became almost as authoritative a text as the Pentateuch itself.


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In translating the Torah into Aramaic, Onkelos (circa 100 BCE) was the .
Peace in Jerusalem, or The Settlement of the most passionate disagreement between Rabbi Simeon Kimchi and Onkelos, On whether a human body composed (may God forbid) from the consumption of pig flesh will be put away, annihilated, or purified on the Ressurection, by the most enlighted Doctor Reuchlin.
Ramban and Onkelos argue that Isaac was living in Beersheba (comment to Genesis 24:67).
 
 
 
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