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The 'Memra' A crash course...

The 'Memra' A crash course. “And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us...” John 1:14. “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.” John 1:1-2. My Quest... Finding Yeshua (Jesus) in the Tanak (“OT”)

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The 'Memra' A crash course...

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  1. The 'Memra'A crash course... “And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us...” John 1:14

  2. “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.” John 1:1-2

  3. My Quest... • Finding Yeshua (Jesus) in the Tanak (“OT”) • Angel of the Lord • Christophanies • Memra...

  4. 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. 12 His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. 13 He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. Rev. 19:11-13

  5. Intro to the Targumim • Authoritative Aramaic translations • Second Temple era (200 BCE-100CE) • Dynamic equivalents • Valuable theological insight

  6. Most common Targumim • Targum Onkelos • Targum Pseudo-Yonatan (Jonathan) • Targum Jerusalem

  7. Some examples: Genesis 15:1, 4, 6... After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great.” 2 Abram said, “O Lord [b]God, what will You give me, since I [c]am childless, and the [d]heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 And Abram said, “[e]Since You have given no [f]offspring to me, [g]one born in my house is my heir.” 4 Then behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own [h]body, he shall be your heir.” 5 And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your [i]descendants be.” 6 Then he believed in the Lord; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.

  8. Targum Onkelos says: XV. After these things the word (pithgama) of the Lord came to Abram in prophecy,saying, Fear not, Abram: My Word (Memra) shall be thy strength, and thy exceeding great reward.And Abram said,Lord God, what wilt Thou give me, and I go without a child: and this son ofbusiness (bar phargama) who is inMy house is the Damasekah Elieser? And Abram said, Behold, Thou hast not givenme a child, and, behold, the son of my house is my heir. And, lo, the word (pithgama)of the Lord was with him, saying, This shall not be thy heir, but a son whom thou shalt beget will be thine heir. AndHe led him without, and said, Behold now the heavens, and number the stars, ifthou art able to number them; and He said to him, So will be thy sons.And he believed in the Word of the Lord, (Memra da Yeya,)and He reckoned it to him unto justification.

  9. Genesis 16. The Memra and the Angel of the Lord 7 Now the angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. 8 He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where have you come from and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.” 9 Then the angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority.” 10 Moreover, the angel of the Lord said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count.”

  10. 11 The angel of the Lord said to her further, “Behold, you are with child, And you will bear a son; And you shall call his name Ishmael, Because the Lord has given heed to your affliction. 12 “He will be a wild donkey of a man, His hand will be against everyone, And everyone’s hand will be against him; And he will live to the east of all his brothers.” 13 Then she called the name of the Lordwho spoke to her, “You are a God who sees”; for she said, “Have I even remained alive here after seeing Him?”

  11. And, from the Targumim? (Palestine) And she gave thanks before the Lord whose Word spake to her, and thus said, Thou art He who livest and art eternal; who seest, but art not seen! · for she said, For, behold, here is revealed the glory of the Shekina of the Lord after a vision. (JERUSALEM. And Hagar gave thanks, and prayed in the Name of the Word of the Lord, who had been manifested to her, saying, Blessed be Thou, Eloha, the Living One of all Ages, who hast looked upon my affliction...)

  12. Exodus 20:1 [JERUSALEM. And the Word of the Lord spake all the excellency of these words saying:] Compare w/ NASB Then God spoke all these words saying... Ten Commandments.....

  13. Genesis 1:27 JERUSALEM. And the Word of the Lord created man in His likeness, in the likeness of the presence of the Lord He created him, the male and his yoke-fellow He created them.

  14. Deut. 26:17-18 [JERUSALEM. You have chosen the Word of the Lord to be King over you this day, that He may be your God. But the Word of the Lord becometh the King over you for His Name's sake, as over a people beloved as a treasure, as He hath spoken to you, that you may obey all His commandments.]

  15. Targum Ruth 4 They transgressed the decree of the Memra of the Lord and they took for themselves foreign wives from the house of Moab. The name of one was Orpah and the name of the second was Ruth, the daughter of Eglon, the king of Moab. And they dwelt there for a time of about ten years.

  16. Targum Ruth 5 And because they had transgressed the decree of the Memra of the Lord and married into foreign nations, their days were cut short. And both Mahlon and Chilion also died in the unclean land and the woman was left bereft of her two sons and widowed of her husband.

  17. Targum Lamentations 17 Zion spreads out her hands from anguish like a woman spread upon the birth stool. She screams but there is no one to speak comfortingly to her heart. The Lord commanded the House of Jacob to keep the commandments and Torah, but they transgressed the decree of his Memra. Therefore his oppressors completely encircle Jacob. Jerusalem is like an unclean woman amongst them.

  18. Targum Psalms 7:8 (9).   The word of the Lord will judge the Gentiles; judge me, O Lord, by my merit, and for my innocence recompense me. 9:8-10 8.    But as for the word of the Lord, his seat is in the highest heaven forever; he has established his throne for judgment. 9.   And he shall judge the people of the earth in righteousness; he will judge the Gentiles in uprightness. 10.      And the word of the Lord will be strength to the poor, strength in times of distress.

  19. 1 Samuel 3:21 1Sa 3:21 And the LORDH3068appearedH7200 againH3254 in Shiloh:H7887 forH3588 the LORDH3068 revealed himselfH1540 toH413 SamuelH8050 in ShilohH7887by the wordH1697of the LORD.H3068 H7200 ראה râ'âh BDB says:1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen

  20. Jon 1:1 Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Jon 1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. Jon 1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah.

  21. Keep My commandments Same yesterday, today, forever... What are His commandments? Resources...

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