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Definition of 'pesher'English
(pesher)
Noun
( pesharim)
An interpretive commentary on scripture, especially one in Hebrew.
* 1994 , Robert P. Gordon, Studies in the Targum to the Twelve Prophets, from Nahum to Malachi , page 83
- Of all the Dead Sea texts it is the Habakkuk pesher (1QpHab) that, by common consent, exhibits the most impressive agreements with a Targum text.
* 2001 , Graham Harvey, The True Israel: Uses of the names Jew, Hebrew, and Israel in Ancient Jewish and Early Christian Literature , page 33
- The Pesher on Zephaniah (1Q15)45 interprets Zeph 1:18 and 2:2 as referring to "all the inhabitants of the Land of Judah" (i.5).
* 2003 , Geert Wouter Lorein, The Antichrist theme in the Intertestamental Period , pages 196-197
- According to the suggested interpretation he sinned horribly; his victims were 'only' Pharisees, but the author of the pesher does think that he went too far in his tyrannical actions.
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