Biblical characters underwent certain ‘transformations’ as they were received in targumic literature. Although previous studies of Joseph have considered his image in the extant Targums, it seems that scholars have passed over some of his salient features present in Targum Neofiti, such as his relationship with his father, his brothers, Esau, and the Egyptians, along with a detailed and overall evaluation of his moral conduct. On the basis of particular interpretations that appear in Targum Neofiti, it is possible to describe some of the exegetical traditions about Joseph that were circulating in early Judaism.
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M. Delcor, ‘La portée chronologique de quelques interprétations du Targoum Néophyti contenues dans le cycle d’ Abraham’, Journal for the Study of Judaism 1 (1970), pp. 105–119.
J. van Ruiten, ‘The Image of Jacob in the Targum of Hosea 12’, Journal for the Study of Judaism 43 (2012), pp. 595–612.
K.H. Zetterholm, Portrait of a Villain: Laban the Aramean in Rabbinic Literature (Interdisciplinary Studies in Ancient Culture and Religion, 2, Leuven—Dudley: Peeters, 2002) pp. 143–180.
V. Monsarrat, ‘L’ histoire de Joseph dans le Targum Palestinien’, Foi et Vie 86 (1987), pp. 17–23; Niehoff, ‘The Figure of Joseph’, pp. 234–250.
J.F.A. Sawyer, ‘A Critical Review of Recent Projects and Publications’, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel 1 (2012), pp. 298–326 (324).
A. Kuśmirek, Balaam i jego wyrocznie (Lb 22–24) w tradycji targumicznej (Rozprawy i Studia Biblijne, 42, Warsaw: Vocatio, 2011) pp. 133–134.
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M. Aberbach and B. Grossfeld, Targum Onkelos to Genesis: A Critical Analysis Together with an English Translation of the Text (Based on A. Sperber’s Edition) (New York: Ktav Pub. House, 1982) p. 301.
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Aberbach and Grossfeld, Targum Onkelos, p. 263. TgPsJ provides another explanation: Joseph shows his brothers his mark of circumcision [גזירת מהולתי] in order to reveal his origin and identity (Gen. 45.4).
B. Grossfeld, Targum Neofiti 1: An Exegetical Commentary to Genesis Including Full Rabinic Parallels (New York: Sepher Hermon Press, 2000) p. 254.
D. Sperber, A Dictionary of Greek and Latin Legal Terms in Rabbinic Literature (Dictionaries of Talmud, Midrash and Targum, 1, Jerusalem: Bar-Ilan University Press, 1984) pp. 56–58.
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Biblical characters underwent certain ‘transformations’ as they were received in targumic literature. Although previous studies of Joseph have considered his image in the extant Targums, it seems that scholars have passed over some of his salient features present in Targum Neofiti, such as his relationship with his father, his brothers, Esau, and the Egyptians, along with a detailed and overall evaluation of his moral conduct. On the basis of particular interpretations that appear in Targum Neofiti, it is possible to describe some of the exegetical traditions about Joseph that were circulating in early Judaism.
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