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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 (tär`gəm) [Aramaic,=translation], Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Bible.
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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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