“Mount
Gerizim,
All
the Days of Our Lives”
November / December 2017
Vol. XVII - No 2
In This Issue ·
Nir Photo ·
6 Shehadeh articles ·
BL Hebrew project ·
Samaritan scroll ·
Comunicado ·
Ring at an auction ·
From the Editor ·
Links ·
Recent Publications · Biblio
On January 1, 2017, the Samaritan Community
numbered 796.
Future Events
It has been 3655 years
since the entrance into the Holy Land
(Samaritan’s typical calendar)
2018
The Eleventh Month 3656 - Tuesday Evening, 16
January 2018
The Twelfth Month 3656 - Thursday Evening, 15
February 2018
The Thirteenth Month 3656 - Saturday Evening, 17
March 2018
The First Month 3656 - Sunday Evening, 15 April 2018
Passover Sacrifice: Sunday evening (7:19 pm) 29
April 2018
[Calculated by: Priest
Yakkiir ['Aziz] b. High Priest Jacob b. 'Azzi – Kiriat Luza, Mount Gerizim]
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Facebook Post
by Nir Sasony, After Sabbath Dec. 16, 2017
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Six New
Articles from Haseeb Shehadeh
Continue
Reading at https://shomron0.tripod.com/articles/miracles_in_the_synagogue.pdf
Continue
Reading at https://shomron0.tripod.com/articles/the_samaritan_pentateuch.pdf
Continue
Reading at https://shomron0.tripod.com/articles/thewarandthecolony.pdf
Continue
Reading at https://shomron0.tripod.com/articles/letter_of_jacob.pdf
Continue
Reading at https://shomron0.tripod.com/articles/the_aurthority_of_law.pdf
Continue
Reading at https://shomron0.tripod.com/articles/angels_in_the_synagogue.pdf
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BL Hebrew Project @BL_HebrewMSS
Exciting news! Our first #scroll from #HebrewProject Phase 2 has published Or 10133 Samaritan Torah scroll
fragment. Dated 1400-1499. #digitisation #Judaism http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Or_10133 …
BL Hebrew Project@BL_HebrewMSS 12.
21 2017 Published #HebrewProject Phase 2 #manuscript dated 1300-1399; Or 8070 #Samaritan Pentateuch (fragment). http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Or_8070 … Image f1r #Judaism #medievaltwitter #digitisation
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BL Hebrew Project @BL_HebrewMSS 12
21 2017
Published #HebrewProject Phase 2 #manuscript dated 1782; Add MS 19650 #Samaritan liturgy for Passover. #Arabic http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Add_MS_19650 … Image f138v #digitisation #Judaism
BL
Hebrew Project @BL_HebrewMSS
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BL Hebrew Project @BL_HebrewMSS
Published #HebrewProject Phase 2 #manuscript dated 1908; Or 10319 Book of Joshua in #Samaritan. http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Or_10319 … Image f1v #digitisation #Judaism #Bible
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BL Hebrew Project @BL_HebrewMSS
Another beautifully bound #manuscript published #HebrewProject Phase 2 Or 1448 Samaritan liturgy for Passover. dated
1872. Images f4r & binding covers http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=1&ref=Or_1448 … #Samaritan #Arabic #digitisation #Passover
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BL Hebrew Project @BL_HebrewMSS
Published #HebrewProject Phase 2 #manuscript dated 1749-1787; Or 5038 Samaritan prayers for Passover.
#Samaritan #Arabic #Jewish Babylonian Aramaic http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Or_5038 … Image f103v #Passover #Digitisation
BL Hebrew Project @BL_HebrewMSS
Published #HebrewProject Phase 2 #manuscript dated 1881. Or 2690 Samaritan prayers for the month of
Nisan and Passover. #Samaritan #Arabic Look at the gorgeous layout of these folios! Images f49v
f49r http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Or_2690 … #digitisation
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BL Hebrew Project @BL_HebrewMSS
Published #HebrewProject Phase 2 #manuscript dated 1780-1871; Or 2684 #Samaritan Pentateuch (Exodus). http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Or_2684 … Image f15r #digitisation #Bible #Pentateuch
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BL Hebrew Project @BL_HebrewMSS
Published #HebrewProject Phase 2 #manuscript dated 1859; Or 2080 Samaritan chronicle Kitab al-Tarikh
by Abul Fath. Languages #Samaritan #Arabic http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Or_2080 … Image f1v #digitisation #bilingual
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BL Hebrew Project @BL_HebrewMSS
Published #HebrewProject Phase 2 #manuscript dated 1872; Or 1449 Samaritan prayer book for Sukot.
Languages #Samaritan #Arabic http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=1&ref=Or_1449 … Images f1r
& f52r #digitisation
BL Hebrew Project @BL_HebrewMSS
Published #HebrewProject Phase 2 #manuscript dated 1700-1866; Or 1447 Samaritan chronicle Kitab
al-Tarikh by Abul Fath. Languages #Samaritan #Arabic http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=1&ref=Or_1447 … #digitisation Image f1v
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BL Hebrew Project @BL_HebrewMSS
Published #HebrewProject #manuscript dataed 1901-1924; Or 10558 Samaritan prayers for
Passover. Languages #Samaritan #Arabic http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Or_10558 … Image f52r #digitisation
Katharina E. Keim @katharinakeim
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Nov. 30 Published #HebrewProject Phase 2 #manuscript dated 1800-1924; Or 10723 Samaritan liturgy: prayers for Nissan and
Passover. Languages #Samaritan #Arabic. Twitter Link
Follow them
on Twitter
SEE https://twitter.com/BL_HebrewMSS
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Nov. 30 Published
#HebrewProject Phase 2 #manuscript dated 1896; Or 10700 Samaritan prayer book for Shemini Atseret.
Languages #Samaritan #Arabic
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Nov. 30 Published #HebrewProject
Phase 2 #manuscript dated 1910; Or 10564 Samaritan burial liturgy. Languages
#Samaritan #Arabic
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Nov 30 Published
#HebrewProject Phase 2 19th century #manuscript Or 10559 Samaritan liturgy.
Languages #Samaritan #Arabic
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Nov 23 Published today
#HebrewProject Phase 2 #manuscript dated 1904 ; Or 10441 Samaritan liturgy for
the Ten Penitential days between New Year & the Day of Atonement
Nov 23 Published today
#HebrewProject Phase 2 #manuscript dated 1909; Or 10407 Samaritan prayers;
language #Samaritan
See their twitter link.
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Table of Phase 2 Hebrew and Samaritan manuscripts that we have
digitised to date
This table shows all of the Phase 2 Hebrew and
Samaritan manuscripts that we have digitised to date. They can be viewed in
full online by entering the shelfmark in
the search box on the British Library Digitised Manuscripts website.
We are live-tweeting all of the publishing for phase 2 of the project, so
please follow us on Twitter @BL_HebrewMSS to see
all the manuscripts as they are published online.
http://blogs.bl.uk/files/table.htm
Also see the article: 24
NOVEMBER 2017 The latest
from the British Library’s Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project: Introducing
Phase 2
Short List of Digitized MSS at the
British Library
Add MS 7051 19th century
Samaritan liturgy
Add MS 19005 18th century
Samaritan liturgy
Add MS 19007 18th century
Samaritan liturgy
Add MS 19009 18th century
Samaritan liturgy
Add MS 19013 18th century
Samaritan Pentateuch
Add MS 19017 17-18th century
Samaritan liturgy
Add MS 19651 18th century
Samaritan liturgy
Add MS 19654 18th century
Samaritan liturgy
Add MS 19655 19th century
Samaritan liturgy
Add MS 19657 18th century
Samaritan commentary
Add MS 19956 16th century
Book of Joshua in Arabic
Add MS 21581 15th century
Samaritan Pentateuch
Add MS 22369 14th century
Samaritan Pentateuch
Add MS 25880 19th century
Samaritan liturgy
Add MS 26118 15-16th century
Samaritan Pentateuch
Harley MS 5495 a 16th century
Samaritan liturgy
Harley MS 5495 b 16th century
Latin description of Samaritan manuscript
Or 10117 15th century
Samaritan Pentateuch
Or 10203 20th
century Samaritan Bible
Or 10431 19th
century Samaritan liturgy and calendar
Search here for the digitized
MSS at the British Library http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Default.aspx
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A Samaritan Scroll of the Torah from 1145 AD
the most ancient in North America and South America according to ben Sedaka (images post on Facebook by Troy Leaver)
‘Our Torah study group had the
opportunity to visit with Ben
Sedaka of the Israelite Samaritan
community in Israel and David
Gilner of Hebrew Union College today
in Cincinnati. Pictured here is a partially burned Samaritan manuscript
covering a significant portion of Deuteronomy. It dates to 1145 CE.’
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Seventeenth
international seminar on the care and conservation of manuscripts
Copenhagen
11th – 13th of April 2018
The
University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities, Southern Campus
SEMINAR
ROOM 15A-0-13 SESSION 3 B (15.30-17.30) CHAIR: 1. Julia Poirier: A short review
of Samaritan binding practices
http://nors.ku.dk/cc/CC17_Programme_web.pdf
Also see (A short review of Samaritan
binding practices by Julia Poirier, Book and Paper Conservator JULY 6, 2016 / CHESTERBEATTYCONSERVATION
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A baby boy was born to Genia
and Yaaqob b. Priest 'Azzi b. High Priest Yaaqob Ha'abta'ee Sunday, 24.12.2017;
(Facebook Post by Benny Tsedaka)
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Comunicado!
Comunidade Israelita e Amigos.
Sr. Sedaka, sábio e erudito Israelita Samaritano, descendente
direto a 146 gerações de José que foi vendido por seus irmaos e levado ao Egito. ..
Ele está em São Paulo
ensinando a prática da Torá e instruindo a todos que querem fazer parte
de Israel, se tornando oficialmente um Israelita!
Ele está atentendo gratuitamente no hotel Maksoud Plaza na Rua
Carlos do Pinhal n. 424 quarto 1924.
Essa rua é paralela com a Av. Paulista altura do Masp.
Suas raizes estão em Israel?
Venha e não perca essa grande oportunidade.
O Eterno continua reunindo os dispersos perdidos da casa de
Israel.
Google
Translation from Portuguese to English
Press
Release!
Israeli
Community and Friends.
Mr.
Sedaka, wise and erudite Israelite Samaritan, direct descendant to 146
generations of Joseph who was sold by his brothers and taken to Egypt. ..
He
is in Sao Paulo teaching the practice of the Torah and instructing all who want
to become part of Israel, officially becoming an Israelite!
He
is attending for free at the Maksoud Plaza Hotel in Rua Carlos do Pinhal n. 424
room 1924.
This
street is parallel with Av. Paulista height of Masp.
Are
your roots in Israel?
Come
and do not miss this great opportunity.
The
Eternal continues to gather together the lost scattered people of the house of
Israel.
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Est: $500 - $750
Description: Ancient Near East, Samaritan, Byzantine
Period, ca. 5th to 7th century CE. A beautiful cast bronze signet ring with
incised Samaritan script. The ring band widens slightly at the inside point. US
ring size 8.5
A Samaritan bronze ring with an Old Testament inscription in Samaritan script
sold at Chistie's New York for $2,629 (Sale 1163, 12 December 2002). See
http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-samaritan-bronze-ring-byzantine-period-circa-4026261-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4026261&sid=8385413e-f2ba-48a9-bb6d-43436765de93
Provenance: private Florida collection acquired in the 1980's
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code
2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money
back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
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From The Editor
I recently found a website that I thought I would share from The
Netherlands Institute for the Near East.:
NINO Collection glass slides: Palestine - Sichem
Excavations in Sichem (Nablus, Palestine) and related images
http://www.nino-leiden.nl/collections/nino-collection-glass-slides-palestine-sichem
at the bottom of this link
under Palestine, there are two photos of the summit of Gerizim from 1947
Here is an interesting group: Benei Yisrael, Sons of Israel, Keepers of Torah
About them. 1 group of
93 members is in Nashville,
B’nei Mikra
(Torah Study)
See
https://www.meetup.com/topics/israelite-samaritan/
The
second group is in B’nei Mikra Mount Vernon, WA, but I find nothing on this group.
WHERE
IS THE HOLY PLACE?
By Will | November 1, 2017
A video: Samaritan Museum: a trip back in time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQMNcm5d87s
I just seen an article which appears interesting from Ronny Vollandt, ‘Jacob Georg
Christian Adler (1756–1834) and His Books, in Jewish Manuscript Cultures: New
Perspectives Hrsg. v. Wandrey, Irina’
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Bangor
University
Scope and content: Comprises: Letters to Thomas Witton Davies, and letters
collected by him from other sources, 1819-1915 Series of postcards to and from
T. Witton Davies, 1895-1904 Fragment of a Samaritan Pentateuch manuscript, not dated Professor A. Dillmann's notes for lectures on
passages from Exodus, Leviticus and Deuteronomy Manuscript of Franz Delitzsch's
work Messianische Weissagungen in geschlchtlicher Folge , with some corrected
proofs Miscellaneous items collected by T. Witton Davies relating to theology,
including sketches, sermon notes and autographs
Davies wrote articles: The Samaritans ;
The Interpretation of Scriptural Promises; 1896
Professor T. Witton-Davies presents to the
Congress the translation of a MS. from the High Priest of Nablus on the History
of the Samaritan people. 1891
8. The thanks of the Meeting were directed to
be conveyed to Prof. T. Witton-Davies for his offer to the Congress of his
translation of a Samaritan History from a MS. given him by the High Priest of
Nablus, and to all who had sent in suggestions.
p. xxvii
The papers which followed dealt with the claims
of Oriental Studies on the Clergy by the Rev. C.G.K. Gillespie (already
referred to), the translation of a MS. From the High Priest of Nablus on the
History of the Samaritans by Rev. Prof. Witton-Davies (which will appear in the
“Transactions”)
From
the Editor: I have found no evidence that Davies went to Nablus and suspect
that he received his Samaritan fragment from Jacob esh Shelaby on his third
visit around 1888 or so. In some people’s minds this Jacob was the high priest
but we know that this was not the case. It has been suggested that this was
Jacob’s son inplac of him, but we now know that it was in fact Jacob, himself
and that he did make 3 trips to London.
Recent
Publication
Reading the Bible in Ancient Traditions and Modern Editions:
Studies in Memory of Peter W. Flint (Early Judaism and Its Literature 47) Edited by Andrew B. Perrin
(Author), Kyung S. Baek (Author), Daniel K. Falk (Author) SBL
Press (November 17, 2017
A collection of
essays commemorating the career contributions of Peter W. Flint
An international
group of scholars specializing in various disciplines of biblical studies,
including the Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Second
Temple Judaism, and Christian Origins, present twenty-seven new contributions
that commemorate the career of Peter W. Flint (1951-2016). Each essay interacts
with and gives fresh insight into the fields shaped by Professor Flint's life
work. Part one explore the interplay between text-critical methods, the growth
and formation of the Hebrew Scriptures, and the making of modern critical
editions. Part two maps some dynamics of scriptural interpretation and
reception in ancient Jewish and Christian literatures of the Second Temple
period.
Features
·
·
Demonstrations of how the processes of scriptural
composition, transmission, and reception converge and may be studied together
for mutual benefit
·
Clarification of the state/forms of scripture in
antiquity and how scripture was extended, rewritten, and recontextualized by
ancient Jewish and Christian scribes and communities
Future Publication
Leviticus (Hebrew
Edition) (Hebrew)
by
Stefan Schorch (Editor)
To
be published: March 2018
Publisher:
Walter de Gruyter
Language:
Hebrew
ISBN-10:
3110402874
ISBN-13:
978-3110402872
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Recent
Articles
Kristin
Weingart
(Eberhard Karls Universität
Tübingen, Liebermeisterstr. 12, Tübingen, Germany)
Journal for
the Study of the Old Testament
Volume: 42 issue: 2, page(s): 155-175
Article first published online: November 28,
2017; Issue published: December 1, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1177/0309089216677664
Within
Persian-period Yehud the boundaries of the collective entity Israel were a
matter of dispute. The debate was triggered by the question of whether the
population in the area of the former Northern Kingdom should be regarded as
Israelite or not. But while there was no consensus regarding their status, the
same underlying criterion for defining an Israelite is used either to include
or exclude the Samarians in/from Israel—not the faith in YHWH or
the adherence to the law but the social construction of a common descent which
finds its expression in the system of the twelve tribes of Israel. Against the
widespread view, post-exilic Israel is best described as an ethnos and
not as a Kultgemeinde.
The True
Israelites - Who are they? By Michael Cohen October
20, 2017
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Links
Sacred
Mountains. Abrahamic Religions and Musical Practices in the Mediterranean Area
A
documentary by Nicola Scaldaferri (LEAV, Italy, 2017, 38')
When: Tue, Feb 13, 2018 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Location: 2121 Allston
Way, Berkeley, CA
A documentary devoted
to three pilgrimages to the sacred mountains of the three Abrahamic Religions.
The aim is to explore the role of music practices as a way of prayer and
participation, and the importance of sound in shaping and giving meaning to
places. The methodology employed is based on filming and recording sound in the
first person, in order to reflect the participatory experience of the author.
The goal was to build a story using musical practices and sounds as integral
parts of the narration, without voice-over, providing additional information
and translations only in the captions. The narrative is shaped around three
episodes, each devoted to a different event, following the usual moments of a
pilgrimage. The Ascent: on the occasion of Shavuot, the Israelite Samaritans go to pray on
Mount Gerizim, in the West Bank, where their sacred places are
located. The Feast: in August, members of the brotherhood of the
Bektashi climb Mount Tomorr, in Albania, where they pray near the tombs
of dede, and practice the kurban (a sacrificial
slaughtering of a sheep, whose meat is consumed by each participating
family). The Descent: in early September, the miraculous statue of
the Black Madonna of Viggiano, Queen of Lucania, in Italy, "descends"
into the village for a festival.
Nicola Scaldaferri is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cultural
Heritage and Environment at the University of Milan, Italy, where he founded
and directs the Laboratory of Ethnomusicology and Visual Anthropology. He has
done extensive ethnomusicological research in Italy, Albania, Burkina-Faso, and
elsewhere, as well as research on electroacoustic in 20th century music. Prof.
Scaldaferri received his Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Bologna and
a degree in Composition from the Conservatory of Parma; he was a Fulbright
scholar at Harvard University and a Visiting Professor at St. Petersburg State
University.
Also
Feb 9, 2017 at University of Pennsylvania see
link.
Feb. 1, 2018 Harvard see
link
Nicola
Scaldaferri is one of the founding members of LEAV http://leavlab.com/
UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO- LEAV
The laboratory was established in 2005. Its basic
areas of activity may be summarized in the following points:
– The use of audiovisual media, with an awareness of
the implications of their use during the process of ethnographic documentation;
– A dialogic approach to research;
– The presentation of the results of the research
mainly via audio, video and photography, attempting to go beyond written text
as a form of narration;
– The intersections between ethnographic and artistic
practices.
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Samaritan
Museum: a trip back in time
Images,
Videos at Mount Gerizim
Israël C’Top.
Le Secret des Samaritains pour se marier. Village de Kiryat Luza.
By Israelvalley Desk| décembre
22nd, 2017
Israel
C'Top. The Secret of the Samaritans to get married. Village of Kiryat
Luza.
By Israel valley Desk | December 22nd, 2017 | Categories: CULTURE
Google translation of the article:
Coming from a small
Jewish community four thousand years old, they once lived in strict
endogamy. But there are so few women among them that they have had to
adapt.
At the foot of Mount
Garizim, on the heights bordering Nablus in the northern West Bank, the village
of Kiryat Luza is a sanctuary. At first glance, nothing distinguishes it
from its Palestinian neighbors: a main artery patrolling an Israeli army
armored vehicle, five alleys housing white flat-roofed houses and a grocery
store where men from the village gather around smoking cafes. Yet here are
300 descendants of the Samaritan community, founded four thousand years ago and
living according to dictates dictated by their own interpretation of the
Pentateuch (Torah).
For millennia, the
Samaritans have lived in strict endogamy. Young people of marriageable age
had to find a soul mate among their own, either in the village of Kiryat Luza
or in Holon, a suburb of Tel Aviv, where 300 other Samaritans live. A rule
introduced to preserve both the purity of this particular current of Judaism
and the very existence of the community.
Tanned complexion and
smiling rising under his white mustache, Benyamin Tsedaka, aka
"Benny", receives in his house in the heart of the village. A
figure of the community, the 73-year-old man can spend hours on the history of
Samaritans with inexhaustible banter. According to him, the beginning of
the twentieth century marked a turning point for his family: "We were more
than a hundred, the women were so few that we risk extinguishing
ourselves. In the face of this danger, community leaders decided in 1923
to allow unions between Samaritans and women born outside the congregation. On
one condition: that they convert to Samaritanism. A non-negotiable
prerequisite.
But where to find
women who would live according to the rites of the community?
The solution came from
Eastern European countries and their marriage agencies. For 30,000 shekels
(a little over 7,000 euros), Yoeir Cohen was able to meet Shura, a beautiful
Ukrainian twenty years her junior. From his terrace, in the middle of his
guests fascinated by his story with the rose water, this prosperous 53-year-old
entrepreneur tells how he met the one who became his wife.
"I did not find a
woman here, so I went to Tel Aviv to the marriage agency office Jakov
Nahoma. As soon as I opened the catalog, I ran into a picture of
Shura. I immediately found it very beautiful and I decided to go to
Ukraine. I stayed there for three days and she left with me. She
could not resist, I'm Don Juan! He plucks.
The truth is actually
less idyllic: in Ukraine, Shura was a student and was sorely lacking in
money. More than a marriage of love, Yoeir was above all the occasion of a
better life. Moreover, when talking about these women from Eastern Europe,
Benny's speech suffers no ambiguity. They are there first and foremost for
the community. "We love Russians or Ukrainians, because they are all
very beautiful," he says without much difficulty. Its very
important. It is they who make our children look so much like
angels! "
Selection
Before settling in
2011 in Kiryat Luza, where she married Tamim, a 40-year-old rich Samaritan,
Tania worked as an interpreter for the marriage agency Anastasia in Lviv,
Ukraine. Tamim was his client. "He made love to me. He did
not care about the girls I showed him in the catalogs. He only wanted me,
"she recalls. Faced with so much perseverance, she ended up
succumbing to his advances. Before Tamim flirted with her, Tania quickly
realized that most of the customers who knocked on her door were "Jews of
Israel".
All came in the same
hope, attracted by the simplicity of the system set up by this type of
agency. "You come, you look at the pictures of the girls," says
Tania. On the back of the photos, there is all the information
"useful" - measurements, eye color, number of children, possible previous
marriage ... Once the selection made, the agency puts the man and the woman in
contact. Each step is then paid. For example, the first appointment
costs 50 dollars [42 euros]. I translated the messages from English into
Ukrainian or Russian, and I also organized parties and parties for all those
people in Odessa. "
There remains one
outstanding question: how did these new converts adapt to their new life on
Samaritan soil? Answer by Tania, honest but not sweating the absolute
devotion to her new religion: "Before coming to Mount Garizim, I thought a
lot, I learned well and I easily adopted the lifestyle. Finally, the only
real change is that I changed my day of rest from Sunday to Saturday [Shabbat
Day]. They did not turn my brain on, they take care of me. Here, I
have everything from a princess. Everything, even the prince charming.
Source:
http://www.jeuneafrique.com
L’Islam et le
génocide occulté des Hébreux samaritains
http://www.terrepromise.fr/2017/12/14/lislam-et-le-genocide-occulte-des-hebreux-samaritains/
Lud z kart Biblii – Samarytanie
By Podkop
23 marca, 2017
http://www.podkop.com/2017/03/23/lud-kart-biblii-samarytanie/
Un voyage à travers le temps au Musée Samaritain
C'est
le premier musée dédié aux Samaritains. Il se dresse sur le mont Garizim,
considéré comme l'endroit sacré où se trouvait leur temple, et permet de
découvrir l'histoire et les traditions de cet ancien peuple biblique.
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Biblio
Gudme, A.
A Lingering
Memory: Materiality and Divine Remembrance in Aramaic Dedicatory Inscriptions
Hensel,
Benedikt
Das
JHWH-Heiligtum am Garizim: ein archäologischer Befund und seine literar-und
theologiegeschichtliche Einordnung, in: Vetus Testamentum
vol. 68, 2017 1-21
Abstract: No
later than the midst of the 5th century the recently discovered sanctuary on
Mt.Gerizim was the cultic center of the Samarian YHWH-worshippers, later known
as the Samaritans. The sanctuary was in every way comparable to its counterpart
in Jerusalem. The author investigates the question why there is so little
mentioning of the sanctuary in the Bible at all; only the location “Mount
Gerizim” is mentioned a few times in the Tora. Albeit its obvious absence in
the texts, there seem to be several, enciphered mentions of the Samaria
sanctuary in the later part of the (Judean) canon (Ketubim and Nebi’im).
Altogether they criticize the cult on Mt.Gerizim in this very indirect way. The
author explores the texts 2 Kings 17,24-41 and 2 Chr 13 as examples for this
enciphering and outlines the character of these polemics and the ideological-
theological interest of the Judean authors.
Knoppers,
Gary N.
‘Toward a
Critical Edition of the Samaritan Pentateuch: Reflections on Issues and Methods,’ in Reading the Bible in Ancient Traditions and
Modern Editions: Studies in Memory of Peter W. Flint (Early Judaism and Its
Literature 47) Edited by Andrew B. Perrin (Author), Kyung S. Baek
(Author), Daniel K. Falk (Author) SBL Press (November 17, 2017) 163-188.
Lim Timothy
H.
‘The Emergence
of the Samaritan Pentateuch’ in Reading the Bible in
Ancient Traditions and Modern Editions: Studies in Memory of Peter W. Flint
(Early Judaism and Its Literature 47)
Edited
by Andrew B. Perrin (Author), Kyung S. Baek (Author), Daniel K. Falk
(Author)
SBL
Press (November 17, 2017) 89- 104
Or
see: https://www.academia.edu/35151065/The_Emergence_of_the_Samaritan_Pentateuch
Stadel, Christian
"Gemination of /R/ in Samaritan Hebrew: A Note on
Phonological Diversity in Second Temple Period Hebrew." Hebrew
Studies 58, no. 1 (2017): 221-235. https://muse.jhu.edu/ (accessed
December 24, 2017). https://muse.jhu.edu/article/678744/pdf
Abstract:
In Jewish traditions of Biblical Hebrew, /r/ behaves like laryngeals and
pharyngeals in that it resists gemination. Evidence from Septuagint
transcriptions suggests that this lack of gemination is a late phenomenon of
the post-biblical period. The Samaritan pronunciation tradition, on the other
hand, attests to /rr/ in scores of forms. We offer the first comprehensive
study of geminated /r/ in Samaritan Hebrew. A comparison with other traditions
of Hebrew and with transcriptions allows for a fine-graded assessment of the
phenomenon. It suggests that—apart from some instances of secondary
development—/rr/ in Samaritan Hebrew essentially preserves an ancient trait
that goes back to the biblical period. Thus, geminated /r/ represents one of
the few cases in which Samaritan Hebrew is typologically older than the
Tiberian tradition.
Weingart, Kristin
‘What Makes an Israelite an Israelite? Judean Perspectives on
the Samarians in the Persian Period’ Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Vol
42, Issue 2, pp. 155 - 175
First
Published November 28, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1177/0309089216677664
Abstract: Within Persian-period Yehud the boundaries of the
collective entity Israel were a matter of dispute. The debate was triggered by
the question of whether the population in the area of the former Northern
Kingdom should be regarded as Israelite or not. But while there was no
consensus regarding their status, the same underlying criterion for defining an
Israelite is used either to include or exclude the Samarians in/from Israel—not
the faith in YHWH or
the adherence to the law but the social construction of a common descent which
finds its expression in the system of the twelve tribes of Israel. Against the
widespread view, post-exilic Israel is best described as an ethnos and
not as a Kultgemeinde.
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