The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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TaJmwd} It is that of the Memra^ Logos, or'
Word/ Not that the term is exdosively applied to
the Divine Logos.* But it stands out as perhaps the
most remarkable fact in this literature, that God—
not as in His permanent manifestation, or manifest
Presence—but as revealing Himself, is designated
ifamra. Altogether that term, as applied to God,
occurs in the Targum Onkelos 179 times, in the socalled
Jerusalem Targum 99 times, andin the
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan 321 times. A critical
analysis shows that in 82 instances in Onkelos, in
71 instances in the Jerusalem Targum, and in 213
instances in the Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, the
designation Memra is not only distinguished from
Gk)d, but evidently refers to God as revealing
Himself.' But what does this imply ? The
distinction between God and the Menvra of
Jehovah ia marked in many passages.^ Similarly,
the Memra of Jelwvah is distinguished from the