The Samaritan Pentateuch : An English Translation with a Parallel Annotated Hebrew Text.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Florentin, Moshe, author.

Contributor:

Tal, Abraham.

Series:

Semitic Languages and Cultures Series

Semitic Languages and Cultures Series ; v.30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts, Samaritan.

Samaritans--History.

Samaritans.

Bible. Pentateuch--Manuscripts, Hebrew.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2025.

Summary:

"This new translation into English seeks to introduce the reader to the character of the Samaritan version of the Pentateuch, while emphasising the fundamental differences between it and the Masoretic version. The translation is based on a grammatical analysis of each and every word in the text according to its oral pronunciation, informed by examination of the Samaritan translations into Aramaic and Arabic as well as other Samaritan and non-Samaritan sources. One of the most ancient and important Samaritan manuscripts of the Pentateuch, MS Nablus 6, copied in 1204 CE, serves to represent the Samaritan version. The English translation is placed in the left-hand column of each page, while the Samaritan original is displayed in the right-hand column. For the reader's convenience, differences between the Samaritan and Masoretic versions are marked in red. In addition to translating the Hebrew text and highlighting the differences between it and the Masoretic text, each difference is explained in a brief note in an apparatus at the bottom of the page. Where expansion is appropriate, the reader is referred to extended notes at the end of the edition."-- provided by the publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Front Matter

The Samaritan Pentateuch: An English Translation with a Parallel Annotated Hebrew Text

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Contents

Preface

Introduction: The Pentateuch According to the Samaritan Tradition and Its English Translation

1.0. The History of the Study of the Samaritan Tradition

1.1. Two Distinct Pentateuchal Traditions

1.2. Ancient Recognition of Differences

1.3. The Middle Ages: Jewish Opinions

1.4. The Samaritan Perspective

1.5. Early Christian Views

1.6. Later Christian Scholarship

1.7. Wilhelm Gesenius and Modern Research

2.0. The Character of the Samaritan Pentateuch

2.1. Variants between the Samaritan and Tiberian Pentateuchs: Estimated Number and Classification

2.2. Types of Variants between the Samaritan and Masoretic Pentateuchs

2.2.1. Content Variants

2.2.2. Variants due to Differences in Language

3.0. The Question of the Samaritan Pentateuch's Unity

3.1. Manuscript Similarity

3.2. Direct Evidence of Variants

3.3. Indirect Evidence of Variants

3.4. The Extant Manuscripts

4.0. The Edition before Us: The Hebrew Original and Its English Translation

4.1. The Hebrew Original

4.1.1. Method of Presentation of the Hebrew Text

4.1.2. The Manuscript

4.1.3. The Marking of Differences between SP and MT

4.2. The Translation

4.2.1. Questions of Translation Arising from SP

4.2.2. The English Translation

4.3. Methods Used to Represent Differences between SP and MT in the Hebrew Text, the Translation, and the Notes

4.3.1. The Body of the Edition and the Markings Therein

4.3.2. The Apparatus

Text and Translation

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Endnotes

Indices

1.0. Index of Proper Nouns

1.1. Transcription Order.

1.2. Hebrew Order

2.0. Index of Editorial Corrections

2.1. Genesis

2.2. Exodus

2.3. Leviticus

2.4. Numbers

2.5. Deuteronomy

3.0. Index of Differences between Ms. Nablus 6 and the Samaritan Reading Tradition

3.1. Genesis

3.2. Exodus

3.3. Leviticus

3.4. Numbers

3.5. Deuteronomy

4.0. Index of Additions in the Samaritan Pentateuch

5.0. Index of Peculiar Readings in MS 6

5.1. Genesis

5.2. Exodus

5.3. Leviticus

5.4. Numbers

5.5. Deuteronomy

6.0. Index of Special ʿAmidot Pauses in the Samaritan Pentateuch

6.1. Genesis

6.2. Exodus

6.3. Leviticus

6.4. Numbers

6.5. Deuteronomy

7.0. Index of Differences in Meaning

About the Team.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781805113553

1805113550

OCLC:

1500762985