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'''Targum Onkelos''' is the official eastern ([[Babylonian]]) [[targum]] to the [[Torah]]. Its early origins, however, are western ([[Land of Israel]]). It is considered by Orthodox Jews to have been written by [[Onkelos]], a statement disputed by many secular/liberal scholars.

In talmudicTalmudic times (and to this day in Yemenite[[Yemen]]ite Jewish communities) '''Targum Onkelos''' was read as a verse-by-verse translation alternatively with the Hebrew verses of the [[Torah]] in the [[synagogue]].

The [[Talmud]] states that "a persion should complete his portions of scripture along with the community, reading the scripture twice and the ''targum'' once." This passage is taken to refer to '''Targum Onkelos'''.

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