Onkelos biography of albert

Roman Jewish translator (c.

Onkelos biography of albert

35–120 CE)

Onkelos (Hebrew: אֻנְקְלוֹסʾunqəlōs), possibly identical to Aquila of Sinope, was a Roman national who converted to Judaism in Tannaic times (c. 35–120 CE). He is considered to be the author of the Targum Onkelos (c. 110 CE).

In the Talmud

Onkelos is mentioned several times in the Talmud. According to the traditional Jewish sources, he was a prominent Roman nobleman, the son of a man named Callinicus (Hebrew: קְלוּנִיקוּסQəlūnīqūs or קַלִינִיקוּס Qalīnīqūs) and the sister of Titus, the Roman emperor.

According to the midrash Tanhuma, he was a nephew of Hadrian, and not Titus.^[1] These claims have been questioned, as Hadrian's sister, his only sibling, had a daughter,^[2] and the only known child of either of Titus' siblings to survive to adulthood was also a girl, later known as Saint Flavia Domitilla.^[3] This lack of mention of any other sibling, can easily be explained, that du