| Targum Onkelos - definition of Targum Onkelos in Encyclopedia (236 words) |
 | Targum Onkelos (or Unkelus), is the official eastern (Babylonian) targum to the Torah. |
| In Talmudic times (and to this day in Yemenite Jewish communities) Targum Onkelos was read as a verse-by-verse translation alternatively with the Hebrew verses of the Torah in the synagogue. |
| The Talmud states that "a persion should complete his portions of scripture along with the community, reading the scripture twice and the targum once." This passage is taken to refer to Targum Onkelos. |
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