Samaritans' past and present : current studies / edited by Menachem Mor and Friedrich V. Reiterer; in collaboration with Wltraud Winkler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mor, Menahem.

Reiterer, Friedrich Vinzenz.

Winkler, Waltraud.

Series:

Studia Samaritana ; 5.

Studia Judaica ; 53

Studia Samaritana ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Samaritans--History.

Samaritans.

Jews--History--70-638.

Jews.

Palestine--History--70-638.

Palestine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The articles in this volume originated from lectures given in two meetings devoted to the Samaritans. The first was the sixth conference of the Société d'Etudes Samaritaines, which took place at the University of Haifa in July 2004. The second meeting was part of the SBL International Conference in Vienna, July 2007.The volume reflects the current state of research on the Samaritans. It presents a wide spectrum of approaches, including historical questions, the political, religious and social context of the Samaritans in the past and present, linguistic approaches, the role of the Samaritans

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

I. Samaritan's GeneralIssues

Samaritanism - A Jewish Sect or an Independent Form of Yahwism?

Mt. Gerizim and Samaritans in Recent Research

II. Samaritans Early History

The Contribution of the Samaria Papyri from Wadi Daliyeh to the Study of Economics in the Persian Period

Will the Real Sanballat Please Stand Up?

The Use and Abuse of the Argumentum e silentio - the Case of Alexander in Jerusalem

Was He a Bad Samaritan?

III. The Samaritan Bible

Samaria, Samaritans and the Composition of the Hebrew Bible

Textgeschichtliches zum Samaritanischen Pentateuch und Samareitikon

The Latent Masorah of the Samaritans

The Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic Versions of the Samaritan Pentateuch

IV. Samaritans in the Talmudic Period

The Samaritan may be included - Another Look at the Samaritan in Talmudic Literature

Massekhet Kutim and the Resurrection of the Dead

Some Notes about the Samaritans and the Rabbinic Class at the Crossroads

V. Samaritans in Modern Times

A Case of Palestinian Arab Justice between Minority and Majority

Samaritan Israelite Families and Households that Disappeared

Izhak Ben Zvi, David Ben Gurion and the Samaritans

The Samaritans - Biblical Positions in the Service of Modern Politics

Backmatter

Notes:

A collection of papers presented at the International Symposium on the Samaritans and at the annual conference of the Society of Biblical Literature that took place in Vienna, July 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612715884

9781282715882

1282715887

9783110212839

3110212838

OCLC:

630542981