The Messiah of the Targums: Messianic Exegesis of the Hebrew Bible

by Michael B. Shepherd

This book explores how the ancient Aramaic translations of the Hebrew Bible known as Targums are in part designed to guide readers to see the messianism of the biblical text. The interpreters who produced the Targums were careful readers of Scripture and were in many cases prompted by the finer details of the biblical text itself to produce their messianic renderings. The Targums have been an important part of the history of messianic interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, and they continue to have something to say to readers today.

164 pages, Paperback

Published November 30, 2023

About the author

Michael B. Shepherd is the John and Allie Fogleman Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana as well as professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at the Caskey School of Divinity.

Reviews

[Lindsay John Kennedy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent scholarship, as expected. But, also as expected, dense and not particularly reader friendly: little by way of introduction or context-setting at a paragraph or even book level