Bible translations into Aramaic
Bible translations into Aramaic covers both Jewish translations into
).Jewish translations
Aramaic translations of the
Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) played an important role in the liturgy and learning of rabbinic Judaism. Each such translation is called a Targum (plural: Targumim). During Talmudic times the targum was interpolated within the public reading of the Torah in the synagogue, verse by verse (a tradition that continues among Yemenite Jews to this day). Targum is also an important source for Jewish exegesis of the Bible, and had a major influence on medieval interpreters (most notably Rashi). Maimonides (Hilchot Ishut 8:34) writes that the Talmudic definition of a "person who knows how to read and translate the Torah into Aramaic" refers to "the Aramaic translation of Onkelos".[1]
Christian translations
In the Syriac (Eastern Aramaic) language the
Aramaic New Testament
.
About AD 500 a
Agnes Smith Lewis
discovered the manuscript of the Palestinian Syriac lectionary in the library of Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai. It is designated by Syrpal.
The first revision of the New Testament from the Syriac into Turoyo language (Western Aramaic in Syriac and Latin script) was made by Malphono Yuhanun Üzel (Bar Shabo), Benjamin Bar Shabo and Yahkup Bilgic in 2009 with notes from Harclean and Philoxenios. This commission "Sihto du Kthovo Qadisho Suryoyo" works specially to preach the Gospel in Aramaic all over the world.
See also
References
- ^ Yonatan Kolatch Masters of the Word: Traditional Jewish Bible Commentary from the ... 2006 - Volume 1 - Page 163 "See Rambam, Hilchot Ishut 8:34, where he writes that the Talmudic definition of a "person who knows how to read and translate the Torah into Aramaic" refers to "the Aramaic translation of Onkelos the proselyte." E.Z. Melamed lists the many ...
External links
- "Jewish Publication Society Bible: The Order of the Books of the Holy Scriptures". Breslov (in Biblical Hebrew and English). Archived from the original on December 5, 1998. Retrieved April 25, 2019.