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There are several Targumic readings that appear in the NT, so the one proposed in the OP does not seem at all beyond the realm of possibilities (even though the Jerusalem Targum itself is believed to have been written long after the NT).

It is tempting to interpret the part about Moses in terms of his ascent to heaven (instead of dying) in Jewish lore, but I think the context of Moses bringing the law down to humans in the Targum leads us instead to the Sinai event ... Definitely. The standard rabbinic view is that Moses ascended t...

Yes Jastrow does have club but I still want to see other passages which have this meaning. I think it is a perplexing passage. Yoma has branches. I don't see another example of club. Jastrow's only example of 'clubs' is this passage as far as I can see. I think Numbers 25 is the precedent. Jastrow ...

I think you or anyone else would be hard pressed to find an example of גזירי meaning 'clubs.' It's a stretch. גזירה = decree. It means something cut off or something which cuts off. But club or clubs is a real stretch. I think it might have been translated like this because one can describe branche...

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c1/a8/1f/c1a81f03c083d007dfc6e730a9adefe0.jpg I find it interesting to note that, besides Marcion in the 140's, Philemon isn't used by anyone else until the 4th century. The same with 3 John . It bears mentioning that Philemon was in fact used already by Origen, e.g.,...

ילוד is also the likely first part of the gnostic 'Ialdabaoth' creature. Odd that the Greek translates this 'born' when 'child' is more appropriate. In a rush. The Greek translation is not a problem. y e lud is a passive participle from the verb yalad , meaning "to bear, bring forth, beget,&qu...

My main point stands: without the frivolous US invasion of Iraq, we would have no IS and no widespread Islamic terrorism of this kind today. I don't know that I would I agree with this in its entirety, since it's not simply US (or the broader western) foreign policy that compels ISIS and other grou...

... the circle of R Ishmael makes clear there are two gods. That is untrue, Stephan. At least one book attributed to the school of R. Ishmael (the Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael) explicitly repudiates that doctrine. Mekhilta Bahodesh 5, for instance: Scripture ... would not let the nations of the world ...

My first post discussed John_Van_Seters ... It's ridiculous to even think that he wouldn't be aware of the old articles you quote - yet here we are. And yet Van Seters apparently restates claims that were already addressed by Free's article. Doesn't that make you wonder about "incontestably id...

The evidence from Egypt does not attest to their use as beasts of burden, which is the major focus of the tales in Genesis. Free suggests otherwise: [M]any of the items which have been cited in this paper give testimony not only of camels but domesticated camels [his emphasis]. He refers, for examp...