Mind-Benders of Jewish History
Onkelos, in every Chumash, was a contemporary of Rabbi Akiva
The Targum of Onkelos sits beside the words in nearly every printed Chumash. Its author walked the same Roman-ruled world as Rabbi Akiva in the early second century.
How we know
Onkelos c. 35–120 CE; Rabbi Akiva c. 50–135 CE — overlapping lifetimes in the Tannaitic period.
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