“... Unlike Targum Onkelos, the other two complete Aramaic translations of the Pentateuch are rich with midrashic and legendary elaborations. Pseudo-Jonathan, for instance, adds that God created ten miraculous objects at twilight before the first Sabbath, a tradition reflected in the Mishnah (Pirkei Avot 5). Onkelos remains literal, paraphrasing only to clarify metaphors ...” #intertextuality #bible #literature