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July/August 2009 |
Vol. VIII - No.6 |
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In This Issue · Religious texts · Ebay · Samaritan Legend · Israeli · Web Links · Publications
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Samaritan Update. Sign Up ! The Samaritans call themselves Bene-Yisrael (“Children of Israel”), or Shamerim (“Observant Ones”) Samaritan Studies and Related
Conferences: 2009 SBL Annual Meeting; New Orleans, LA
Meeting Begins:
11/21/2009
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Keep Up with the Samaritan Basketball team on FANS of Samritan basketball team
Community Youth Club Samaritan on Facebook.com SAMARITAN MYTHسطورة السامريةהאגדה השומרונית الا
A group of young Samaritans people who is interested in their culture, heritage and the future of their small community, we establish an association which is called Samaritan myth. This association is aimed on the definition of Samaritan's culture and heritage the internal and external one. Can be found on
and see Smaritan Blogspot
Important Links
Samaritan Museum on Mount Gerizim.
New Samaritans- A DOCUMENTARY on Samaritan brides from the Ukraine
Have you
purchased your book lately? Notices Of The Modern Samaritans: Illustrated By Incidents In The Life Of Jacob Esh Shelaby (1855) by Jacob Esh Shelaby and Edward Thomas Rogers (Paperback - Mar 20, 2009) Feasts &
Fasts, A Festschrift in Honor of Alan David Crown Available from
www.mandelbaum. New Samaritans- A DOCUMENTARY on Samaritan brides from the Ukraine Finnish Arabic Dictionary by H. Shehadeh here for article in Arabic
Forth Coming Books The English Translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch The first-ever English translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch, prepared by Benyamin Tsedaka WILL be published by Logos. The book shall be published near the end of this year. We shall keep you informed when we learn more.
Book Has New Publication Date SAMARITANS' PAST AND PRESENT: Current Studies (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies) (Hardcover) by Menachem Mor (Editor) will now be on sale November 30, 2009 from the Publisher, Walter de Gruyter.
Jews and Samaritans: The Origins and History of Their Early Relations, by Gary Knoppers, (Oxford University Press, 2010) 192 pages; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-532954-4ISBN10: 0-19-532954-6 Hardcover, Expected: 4/15/2010 Gary Knoppers Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Religious Studies, and Jewish Studies, Pennsylvania State University
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Upcoming Festivals Festival of the 7th Month- Sept. 19, 2009 Day of Atonement- Sept. 28th, 2009 The Harvest Festival (Succoth)- Oct. 3, 2009 The Feast of Shemini Atzeret (8th day of Succoth)- Oct. 10, 2009
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Southern California Universities acquire rare religious texts September 14, 2009 Los Angeles Times
Five fragments of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls are in the
collection of Azusa Pacific. Loyola Marymount is displaying a leaf from
one of the original Gutenberg Bibles from the 1450s..... See a clearer photo at
.............But Robert Duke, an
assistant professor of biblical studies, sounded almost giddy as he described
the university's new acquisitions. "They are 2,000 years old, and you can
still see letters . . . with the naked eye," he said. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beliefs14-2009sep14,0,1891298.story For more information, or to arrange an interview on these new holdings, contact Allison Oster, public relations manager, at (626) 815-4518. aoster@apu.edu http://www.apu.edu/media/news/release/14307/ ...... Be sure to visit the link at The Institute for Judaism and Christian Origins http://www.ijco.org/?categoryId=28682 An Unknown Dead Sea Scrolls Fragment of Deuteronomy by James H. Charlesworth. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Samaritan Hand Write 12 Pages on Ebay
Samaritan scholar Benny Tsedaka, of AB News examined the photos and concluded, that the manuscript was, "The beginning chapter of the Book of Genesis."' and " The copyist is Ab-Hisda [Died in 1959] b, HP Yacob b. Aaron." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Samaritan Legend- A group of young Samaritans interested in their culture, heritage and the future of their small community, who have established an association which is called Samaritan Myth. This association is aimed on the definition of Samaritan's internal and external culture and heritage.. (The Samaritan Legend is on Facebook.com)
Opening of the Exhibition at the University of Samaritan July 14. 2009
Photo credit: An-Najah National University
See link below this article for website of An-Najah National University
Translation from Arabic by http://translate.google.com/#
Cooperation between the public relations department at the university and the General Samaritan Myth and the support of a Palestinian Telecommunication Company Kamhiyah, Samaritan exhibition opened at the Library of An Najah National University and in the presence of Minister of Tourism Dr. Khouloud Daibes, Professor Dr. Rami Hamad, head of An Najah National University, and Dr. Jamal Muhaisen, Governor of Nablus, Adli Al live, the mayor of Nablus, and the priest-designate Abdul charity, priest of the Samaritan sect, a group of elders and the city and its national institutions and the clergy of the Christian community, citizens and university students. Within the formal inauguration ceremony which was organized in the grandstand, the martyr Zafer Masri, Dr. Jamal Muheisen, Governor of Nablus, expressed his pleasure of hosting this exhibition and thanked Najah National University, headed by Dr. Rami Hamad God for the great effort done by the University's support for various activities, especially those relating to the Palestinian heritage, and highlighted the gallery Samaritan who shows many aspects of this heritage that continues to maintain the community in spite of succession of generations. Mr. Isaac then made a Samaritan, secretary of the Samaritan, a word which he said: I have known over the years Nablus soap industry and pastry Nabulsip and that the only city that embraces the three great monotheistic faiths gathered the word of Tawheed, loving brothers in good times and bad, has become a Samaritan and praise to God a institutions, Despite the scarcity of resources, few in number, but it works abuzz for the advancement and progress. Mr. Isaac also provides Samaritan thanks and gratitude to everyone who contributed to support the exhibition singled out Najah National University Beacon Academy, which hosted the Palestine Samaritan always and provided all the help and support represented by its Chairman Professor Dr. Rami Hamdallah and Public Relations Department. Then Mr. Jacob, Samaritan, chairman
of the Samaritan and the legend said that the Samaritans, representing the
true strain for the people of the children of Israel, which regarded the world
a unique and rich treasure of its kind in existence, and Najah University
found in all the support to continue their education and added that the
Gallery This reflects the cooperation between the members of the community and
the Samaritan-Najah National University, said that the Samaritans have
Palestinian nationality with pride, and live in freedom and dignity between
the arms of the Palestinian people, and are an integral part of the social
fabric of heritage, and living side by side with their fellow Muslims and
Christians, without distinction of race, religion, and share each other's joys
and Atraham. http://www.najah.edu/index.php?news_id=5252&page=1393&lang=ar
From Samaritan Myth- August 21, 2009 Yesterday was the admission of
Baraq Fayyad, a member of the the legend, after the approval of the Ministry
of the Interior will also be a member of the administration of the official
culture in the Assembly and expressed its thanks to the bright members of the
society to give them confidence, and expressed his admiration for the extent
of the Assembly and said activity was the primary motivation for joining the
Association of He promised to make every effort to assist in the success of
each activity of the Association
FromSamaritan Myth-August 13, 2009 Returned in the evening today, the
President of the Legend association ya cop cohen and a member of the Reverend
Ehab Youssef, after a decade on the lecture Samaritan community in the
Jordanian capital, "AMMAN" The lecture was held at theEbal association issued
From Samaritan Myth- August 9 The Chair of the Assembly of the
legend of Jacob Abdullah and the member of Mr. Ehab Youssef working visit to
the Jordanian capital on Tuesday, which will be holding a seminar on Samaritan
and meet a number of Jordanian institutions and will join the delegation on
Wednesday representatives of the Community Committee and a number of
Samaritan.
From Samaritan Myth- August 5 -General congratulates the family legend brother Isaac Hosni Administrative Board member of the Assembly on the occasion of his wedding and entered the golden cage, and wish for a happy life.
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Are You Israeli Haseeb Shehadeh 19/08/2009 Numerous questions are well known to all Arabs who leave Israel via Ben-Gurion International Airport in Lydda or who return to Israel. These questions may include: what is the reason for your visit to Israel (the homeland)? Where will you stay in Israel? Whom did/will you meet? What is your occupation abroad? Are you carrying any weapon or sharp tools? Did you pack everything in your luggage yourself? Did anyone give you anything to deliver? The question in my title is not among these routine inquiries. It was directed to me on the 5th of April 2009 at Ben Gurion Airport before I was to board Finnair flight AY 1922 to fly to Helsinki. As usual the passengers on this weekly flight were waiting in Hall C3 in Tel Aviv airport. The overwhelming majority of the passengers were Finns returning to Finland after a short visit to historic and Christian sites in Israel and Jordan. As for me, I was on a research trip sponsored by the Academy of Finland that had lasted two weeks. During that time I visited the two only Samaritan centres —Holon to the south of Tel Aviv and Mount Gerizim in Nablus. This smallest and probably the oldest community in the world which numbers fewer than 750 faithful, lives only in these two cities. The five pillars of the Samaritan faith are: One God who is called Sheema (meaning the ‘name’); the Torah, which differs from the Massoretic Text in more than 6,000 cases; Moses as! the only prophet; Mount Gerizim as the holy place; reward and punishment; Taheb as the Messiah. I had also visited the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts at the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem. There I discovered a recently purchased Samaritan Arabic manuscript with the title ‘al-Irshaad w-al-Ishhaad’ (Guidance and Certification), an autograph by Abraham El->Ayye completed in 1778. In addition, I visited the German Protestant Institute Library in the hospital compound of Augusta Victoria in East Jerusalem. There I found sixteen Samaritan manuscripts that are essentially unknown to the scholarly world. To return to our subject. A female official in the waiting hall approached me and asked in Hebrew: You Israeli, without the question particle. I replied with a question, Why would you like to know? The reply reminded me of an incident that took place forty ago before in Jerusalem. At that time, I was teaching Palestinian Arabic to students of various nationalities. I asked a Jewish student whom I knew well, Tell me, why do Jews always answer a question with a question? He responded, Why not?0 The official explained that there was a 14-year-old girl on our flight by the name of Galit who needed assisstance. I automatically said, Yes, why not help her, and then turned to Galit, saying shalom. Then the employee asked my family name. I pronounced it as it should be said, namely, with the guttural ˙, a sound very seldom used by either Jews or Arabs in Israel today in spoken Hebrew, owing to psycho-sociological reasons. The official went away for a few moments and then returned, asking for my flight ticket, ostensibly in order to see the number of my seat. Actually, she was staring at my full name. Again she went back to her place behind a counter on which sat a computer. After a while I noticed the official approaching Galit with a young Israeli Jew. He and Galit were introduced, and together they headed to the door of the plane before the boarding announcement. The whole episode was witnessed by three other persons. For some time the official was not within my visual range. Finally, just before leaving the hall to board the plane, I stepped up to her along with one of those who had seen the episode unfold. The official was about to speak into a cell phone when she saw me. She closed the telephone and waited. In fact I was waiting quietly for some kind of explanation, if not an apology. Yet the official said nothing; she ‘filled her mouth with water’ as the saying goes in Hebrew. Finally, I asked, Where is Galit? Ah, we found a member of her family to accompany her, the official replied. Did you not see any reason or moral duty to come and notify me? I asked. She blushed and said only, ‘toda’ (thanks). More than six decades have elapsed since the establishment of the State of Israel; yet trust between Jews and Arabs in Israel, even at the general human level, is lacking. Naturally, a serious question may be raised: how can trust and peace between Jewish Israelis and Arabs from the twenty-two Arab countries be achieved? There is another Hebrew saying ‘kabdeehu ve-hoshdeehu’ — respect him, but do not trust him. It is evident that this saying no longer fits. There is no respect or honour, but only mistrust and suspicion. http://www.jamaliya.com/new/show.php?sub=5600 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Web Links Le Garizim, mont sacré des
Samaritains The Cohen Gene, the Samaritans and the Ten Lost Tribes Levi's Jeans or Levis' Genes http://menachem.info/Blogs/026.htm Complete List of Biblioblogs http://biblioblogtop50.wordpress.com/biblioblogs/ Jewish temple found in ancient port city at Lycian site ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New PublicationsThe Origin of the Samaritans (Vetus Testamentum,) by M. Kartveit and Magnar Kartveit (Hardcover - 15 Aug 2009) · Hardcover: 405 pages · Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers (15 Aug 2009) · Language English · ISBN-10: 9004178198 · ISBN-13: 978-9004178199 · Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm Complete description Many Bible readers will think that chapter 17 of the second book of Kings refers to the origin of the Samaritans. This understanding of the chapter has its earliest attestation in the works of Josephus. The present book evaluates the methods often used for finding the origin of the Samaritans, makes an assessment of well known and new material, and ventures into some uncharted territory. It is suggested that the moment of birth of the Samaritans was the construction of the temple on Mount Gerizim. This happened in the first part of the fourth century b.c.e. in accordance with the original commandment of Moses in Deut 27:4.
Biblical Canon: Bible, Authorized King James Version, Biblical apocrypha, Development of the Jewish Bible canon, Masoretic Text, Samaritan Torah, Christian ... Development of the Christian Biblical canon (Paperback) by John McBrewster (Editor), Frederic P. Miller (Editor), Agnes F. Vandome (Editor) · Paperback: 100 pages · Publisher: Alphascript Publishing (July 2, 2009) · Language: English · ISBN-10: 6130020201 · ISBN-13: 978-6130020200 · Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.2 inches
Dead Sea Scrolls: anakh at Qumran, Wicked Priest, The Book of Mysteries, Septuagint, Samaritan Torah (Paperback) by John McBrewster (Editor), Frederic P. Miller (Editor), Agnes F. Vandome (Editor) · Paperback: 64 pages · Publisher: Alphascript Publishing (August 12, 2009) · Language: English · ISBN-10: 6130029489 · ISBN-13: 978-6130029487 · Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.2 inches
Encyclopedia of Messianic Candidates & Movements in Judaism, Samaritanism and Islam (Hardcover) by Eugene J Mayhew (Author) · Hardcover · Publisher: Cadieux & Maheux Press LLC; 1ST edition (2009) · ISBN-10: 1607251574 · ISBN-13: 978-1607251576
SAMARITANS' PAST AND PRESENT: Current Studies (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature Studies) (Hardcover) by Menachem Mor and Jack Pastor (Hardcover - 30 Nov 2009) Currently unavailable · Hardcover: 250 pages · Publisher: Walter de Gruyter (November 30, 2009) · Language: English · ISBN-10: 311019497X · ISBN-13: 978-3110194975
Republished Books
The Samaritans: Their Testimony to the Religion of Israel : Being the Alexander Robertson Lectures, Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1916 (1919) (Paperback) by J. E. H. (John Ebenezer Honeyman) Thomson (Author) · Paperback: 462 pages · Publisher: Cornell University Library (July 8, 2009) · Language: English · ISBN-10: 1112158219 · ISBN-13: 978-1112158216 · Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 1.2 inches
The Samaritan Pentateuch and Modern Criticism: -1911 (Paperback) by J. Iverach Munro (Author) · Paperback: 146 pages · Publisher: Cornell University Library (July 8, 2009) · Language: English · ISBN-10: 1112158677 · ISBN-13: 978-1112158674 · Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
The Karaite Halakah: And Its Relation to Saduccean, Samaritan and Philonian Halakah. Part 1 (1913) (Paperback) by Bernard Revel (Author) · Paperback: 100 pages · Publisher: Cornell University Library (July 8, 2009) · Language: English · ISBN-10: 1112158669 · ISBN-13: 978-1112158667 · Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
The Samaritans, the Earliest Jewish Sect; their History, Theology, and Literature (Paperback) by Montgomery, James A. (James Alan) (Author) · Paperback: 424 pages · Publisher: BiblioBazaar (August 19, 2009) · Language: English · ISBN-10: 1113465689 · ISBN-13: 978-1113465689 · Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1 inches
Elements Of Chaldee, Syriac, Samaritan, And Rabbinical Grammar (1835) (Paperback) by John Gorham Palfrey (Author) · Paperback: 52 pages · Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (July 17, 2009) · Language: English · ISBN-10: 1104739283 · ISBN-13: 978-1104739287 · Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.1 inches ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And do not forget to get the Gerizim excavation books by Yitzhak Magen From the Editor- I have just began to read JSP VIII, and it is very informative. These books sell for $60.00 each and is highly recommended. Limited quantity, order your today http://www.antiquities.org.il/shop_eng.asp?cat_id=14
JSP VII: The Samaritans and the Good Samaritan
JSP VIII: Mount Gerizim Excavations. A Temple City.
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Recently
there was for sale on Ebay.com a hand written manuscript being offered
for sale ($119.00) from Hebraicabook in Israel. Upon reviewing the
manuscript, the only information given it is Samaritan and it is estimated to
be 100 years old. 