Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin and Rabbi Dr. Stanley M. Wagner are the authors of the series Onkelos on the Torah. Dr. Drazin also authors a series of books on Maimonides, the latest are "Maimonides: The Exceptional Mind" and "Maimonides and the Biblical Prophets."
The rabbis of the Babylonian Talmud stated that Targum Onkelos is the authoritative translation of the Bible. Yet, as we will see, it is grossly misunderstood. It is the document that the talmudic rabbis expected people to look to in order to determine the meaning of scriptural words and phrases. Although these rabbis authored Midrashim and their views on the Bible were recorded in the Talmuds, they did not instruct Jews to read these two works every week with the weekly Bible portion. Rather, they told Jewry to read the Bible in its original Hebrew twice each week and once in the Aramaic translation of the original Hebrew, Targum Onkelos.
