TARGUM

A Hebrew word, denoting a paraphrase of some portion of scripture in the Chaldean language, of which there are ten in existence: the two principal ones being those of.Jonathan (or rather the Pseudo Jonathan), an author who wrote a paraphrase, or rather a commentary, upon the Greater and Le er Prophets, about thirty years n. c.; and of Onkelos, upon the Pent a teuch, which is considered the most valuable of all, and is referred to the first century of our era. Two others are supposed to be of considerable antiquity. The remaining six are comparatively modern. (See Enc. Metr.) T [s. 1221]