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Targumist

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Tar´gum`ist
n.1.The writer of a Targum; one versed in the Targums.
Targumist
1. the writer of a Targum, a translation or paraphrase into Aramaic of a portion of the Old Testament.
2. an authority on Targumic literature. — Targumic, Targumistic, adj.
See also: Bible
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In Hebraic tradition the Targumist translating the five books of Moses, the Torah, into vernacular Aramaic in front of the people, is enjoined not to stand too near the Torah, not to look into the Torah for the translation's not there, not to recite in a louder or higher pitched voice than the Torah reader.
In Translation: A Sampler by Felstiner, John / The American Poetry Review
Such a chronological view is debated by targumists and virtually not represented by Aramaic linguists.
Targum Neofiti 1 and Pseudo-Jonathan: Exodus by Lund, Jerome A. / Hebrew Studies Journal
 
 
 
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