The Borders of Ishmael's Territory From India to Egypt

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisTerah Leaves Ur — The First Step Toward the CovenantThe journey that will become the spine of the Hebrew Bible begins not with Abram but with his father. In (Genesis 11:31) Terah takes his son, his grandson Lot,

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisLech Lecha — Three Separations and a Land UnseenThe most famous call in the Hebrew Bible lands on Abram's ear as a single imperative in (Genesis 12:1): Go forth. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan slows the verse down an

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisAbram at Seventy-Five — The Age of Beginning AgainThe verse is almost administrative. Abram leaves Haran at seventy-five. Lot goes with him. The Targum in (Genesis 12:4) does not embroider. And that restraint i

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisThe Souls Abram and Sarah Made in Haran Before LeavingThe Hebrew of (Genesis 12:5) uses a strange phrase: the souls they had made in Haran. How does one make a soul? Targum Pseudo-Jonathan answers in a single word

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisShechem — Arriving Where the Land Is Not Yet EmptyThe first place Abram stops in the land of promise is Shechem. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 12:6) preserves a sobering detail that the Hebrew Bible states

Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisWhy Abram's Shepherds Quarreled With Lot'sThe Hebrew Bible in (Genesis 13:7) says only that there was strife between the shepherds. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan tells you what the strife was about, and the an

The Borders of Ishmael's Territory From India to Egypt

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