Herein are quotations and citations on Cherubim and Seraphim in the Targumim. The Targumim, plural of Targum (Strong’s H8638 meaning interpret as in Ezra 4:7), are Aramaic paraphrases of the Old Testament that began to be produced beginning at the time of the Second Temple period (530 BC and 70 AD). The fuller complete result consists of quotations of those sections within the text that refer to Angels, Cherubim, Seraphim, Devil, Satan, demons, serpent and dragon. The point is not to elucidate these references but to provide relevant partial quotations and citations. See my section on Angels here, Cherubim and Seraphim here, Satan here and Demons here.
Cherubim and Seraphim in Targumim.
Targum to Song of Songs
3:10 And between the cherubim that were on the mercy-seat dwelled the Presence of YY who caused His name to dwell in Jerusalem out of all the cities of the land of Israel.
Targum of Palestine aka Targum of Jonathan Ben Uzziel From the Genesis portion.
XXX [JERUSALEM. Four keys are held in the hand of the Lord of all the world, even the Lord, and He will not deliver them either to Angel or to saraph; the key of the rain, the key of the provender, the key of the sepulchre, the key of barrenness…]
In the next segment, we will consider Satan in the Palestinian Targum.
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