02-27-2005, 08:38 AM
shlomo
According to some christian commentaries the "Book of the upright"
is an early chronicle of the hebrews like the "book of the wars of the lord"
(sefer milh'amot YHWH) , now lost.
But according to rabbinical sources sefer hayashar = torah.
The targum goes in this sense : sifra d'orayta (The book of the Law)
orayta is the "normal" translation of torah in Jewish Aramaic.
But if it's the torah , what is it referering to ? (i don't know)
The peshitta translation makes me think it maybe was an early
book of liturgy, but that's just a guess.
Too bad syriac commentaries are so hard to find ...
According to some christian commentaries the "Book of the upright"
is an early chronicle of the hebrews like the "book of the wars of the lord"
(sefer milh'amot YHWH) , now lost.
But according to rabbinical sources sefer hayashar = torah.
The targum goes in this sense : sifra d'orayta (The book of the Law)
orayta is the "normal" translation of torah in Jewish Aramaic.
But if it's the torah , what is it referering to ? (i don't know)
The peshitta translation makes me think it maybe was an early
book of liturgy, but that's just a guess.
Too bad syriac commentaries are so hard to find ...