What is Targum?
A '''targum''' ({{lang-he|תרגום}}, plural: ''targumim'') is an [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] [[translation]] of the [[Hebrew Bible]] ([[Tanakh]]) that was written or compiled in [[Israel]] or in [[Babylonia]] from the [[Second Temple]] period until the early [[Middle Ages]] (late first millennium). Targum also means [[translation]] or [[interpretation]]. In [[Arabic language|Arabic]] Targem (verb) means to translate or interpret. (Mutargem = Translator/Interpreter). == Other websites == * [http://targum.info/?page_id=8 Targum Pseudo-Jonathan and Targum Onkelos at the Newsletter for Targumic and Cognate Studies] - English translations by J.W. Etheridge * [http://targum.info/?page_id=11 The Aramaic Targum to Psalms] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006135957/http://targum.info//?page_id=11 |date=2007-10-06 }} - a translation of the targum to Psalms by Edward M. Cook * [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~jtreat/song/targum/ The Aramaic Targum to the Song of Songs] - a translation of the targum to Shir HaShirim by Jay C. Treat * [http://targum.info/meg/ruth.htm The Aramaic Targum to Ruth] - a translation of the targum to Ruth by Samson H. Levey * [http://targum.info/meg/tglam.htm The Aramaic Targum to Lamentations] - a translation of the targum to Lamentations by [[Christian M. M. Brady|C.M.M. Brady]] * [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=67&letter=T The Jewish Encyclopedia Entry on Targum] * [http://cal1.cn.huc.edu/index.htm The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419164259/http://cal1.cn.huc.edu/index.htm |date=2010-04-19 }} - contains critical editions of all the ''targumim'' along with lexical tools and grammatical analysis. * [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14454b.htm Targum] - Catholic Encyclopedia article {{Books of the Bible}} {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Bible]]