Every Tree Shattered, Every Field Flattened

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on ExodusHail Unlike Any Egypt Had Ever SeenThe Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Exodus 9:24) reaches for superlatives: "There was hail, and fire darting among the hail with exceeding force: unto it had never b

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on ExodusLocusts That Cover the Face of the GroundThe warning for the eighth plague is as graphic as anything the Torah has yet described. "They shall cover the face of the ground," the Lord tells Moses through

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on ExodusThe Worst Locust Swarm Egypt Ever Saw"The locust came up over all the land of Mizraim, and settled in all the limits of Mizraim exceedingly strong. Before him there had been no locust so hard, nor

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on ExodusWhen Locusts Darkened the Land of Egypt"He covered the face of all the land, until the land was darkened, and every herb of the ground was consumed, and all the fruit of the tree that the hail had le

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on ExodusEven the Pickled Locusts Were Swept AwayThe Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Exodus 10:19) records one of the most curious details in the entire plague narrative. "The Lord turned a wind from the west of ex

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on ExodusThe Last Idol of Egypt and the Trap at the SeaThe Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Exodus 14:2) turns a navigational instruction into a theological ambush. God tells Israel to turn around and camp before the "Mou

Every Tree Shattered, Every Field Flattened

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