“Mount
Gerizim,
All
the Days of Our Lives”
September / October 2018
Vol. XVIII - No 1
In This Issue ·
Samri Photo ·
Congratulations ·
4 Shehadeh articles ·
Benyamim ·
Conference ·
Links ·
Sad News ·
Old photos ·
For sale on Ebay ·
From the Editor ·
Misc ·
New Publications ·
Biblio
2018, the Samaritan Community number 810.
Future Events
It has been 3657 years
since the entrance into the Holy Land which happened on the Sixth Month of the Hebrew
Year.
(Samaritan’s typical calendar)
2018
The Eighth Month 3657 - November 7, 2018
The Ninth Month 3657 - December 6, 2018
The Tenth Month 3657 - January 5, 2019
The Eleventh Month 3657 - February 4, 2019
The Twelfth Month 3657 - March 6, 2019
The First Month 3657 - April 4, 2019
Passover Sacrifice - April 18, 2019
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Happy Sukkot
Image from Jac Samri (Facebook) Oct. 21, 2018
Samaritans
greet the dawn atop their holiest mountain to mark Sukkot holiday
efe-epaNablus, West Bank23 Oct 2018 view
the article here
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Congratulations!
CELINE, NEW BABY GIRL WAS BORN (Oct. 15, 2018) IN KIRIAT LUZA, MOUNT GERIZIM TO VIKA AND RAFI B. YEHUDA ALTIF
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4 new
articles from Haseeb Shehadeh
Link
to article: https://shomron0.tripod.com/articles/the_high_priest_prevents_revenge.pdf
Link
to article: https://shomron0.tripod.com/articles/he_who_brings_down_rain.pdf
Link
to article: https://shomron0.tripod.com/articles/so_will_be_done_to_he.pdf
Link
to article: https://shomron0.tripod.com/articles/punishment_of_the_wine_merchant.pdf
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Benyamim
Tsedaka Tour Schedule
His
Schedule:
The
United States:
Seattle,
Washington State, October 31 - December 4;
Burlington,
North Carolina, December 5-10;
New
York City, November 11-17;
Cincinnati,
Ohio - November 18-24;
Washington
DC - November 25 - December 2.
Brazil:
Teresina,
December 3-8;
Rio
- December 9-15;
Sao
Paulo- December 16-23;
United
Kingdom:
London
- December 24-27
(Photo:
Dale
Lazar)
Benyamim
Tsedaka
Samaritan
scholar and elder Benyamim Tsedaka, corresponds with many people around the
world not only at lectures at scholarly events he supports people that have
decided through their personal decisions to follow the Samaritan way of life as
best they can. The people are from many countries; Argentina, Brazil, England,
France, India, Israel, Indonesia, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, Scandinavia,
United States.
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Special Issue
"Exploring Samaritanism"
Special
Issue Information. A special issue of Religions (ISSN
2077-1444).
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Religions is devoted to the topic of “Exploring
Samaritanism”. Thanks to the New Testament, especially the parable of the Good
Samaritan in the Gospel of Luke 10:29-37, the phrase the “Good Samaritan” is a
familiar designation of compassionate and helpful people and organizations
worldwide. Few, however, connect it with more than the idea of aiding people in
dire needs. Questions such as “Who were the biblical Samaritans?” and “When and
where did they live?” are virtually never asked. Let alone the questions: “Are
there still Samaritans and if so, where are they to be found, what are their
beliefs and practices?” Even in academia, for a long time the study of
Samaritanism was a rather neglected field. This has changed, however, in the
last several decades. The change is due in part to the finds of so-called
pre-Samaritan manuscripts among the Dead Sea scrolls and to new archaeological discoveries
of Samaritan synagogues, inscriptions, and, above all, the remains of a
Samaritan sanctuary and city on Mount Gerizim in the vicinity of the modern
city of Nablus in Palestine. Other factors of this fresh interest in the
community and traditions of the Samaritans are new editions and translations of
ancient Samaritan writings; novel analyses of biblical texts;
cultural-anthropological research among the present-day Samaritans; and last,
but not least, initiatives of the Samaritans themselves to make more people
aware of their existence and special traditions.
…………..
The manuscript submission deadline is December 1,
2019.
The paper should be submitted via Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing
Institutes’s online submission site. You may go to https://www.mdpi.com/user/register/ to
register and to complete the submission process. As to the length of the
manuscript, 5000 to 10000 words are the usual.
Prof.
Dr. Reinhard Pummer
Guest
Editor
View
the web page for more information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/Exploring_Samaritanism
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Center for
Israel Studies Begins an International Film Project
The Israelite Samaritans Project Has Begun
This
international research project of the Yeshiva University Center for Israel Studies
CIS) will culminate in a major Hebrew language documentary, a travelling
exhibition developed with Yeshiva University Museum,
conferences, commentaries, courses and student field work with the Samaritans.
Continue
reading the full article: https://blogs.yu.edu/news/center-for-israel-studies-begins-an-international-film-project/
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Conference
“Samaria
and Diaspora in the Persian and Hellenistic Period: Influence, Significance and
Contributions to the Pentateuch and the Prophets.”
December 6th
to 8th, 2018, at the Institut
Protestant de Théologie, Montpellier/France.
Conference
Organizers: Bartosz Adamczewski (Warsaw), Benedikt Hensel (Zurich), Dany
Nocquet (Montpellier)
"Research
on the post-exilic period (the so called formative period of Judaism and the
Old Testament) is primarily occupied with the innovative achievements and
literary workings of the Judean Gola community. However, a further important
monotheistic Yahwism existed in post-exilic times in the Levantine Region,
namely in Samaria. A notable Samarian Diaspora existed in this very period,
too, as did other Yahwistic groups, e.g., in Idumea, Elephantine, Transjordan,
Mesopotamia and Leontopolis. Nevertheless, little attention was for a long time
devoted to its formative influence on the history of theology and the literary
history of the Bible in the time after exile. Especially Samarian Yahwism was
essentially being marginalized as a Judean deviation. However, in recent years,
research started to realize the importance and the individuality of the
Samarian Yahwism, seeing it as a variant of what might be called “post exilic
Yahwism(s)”. It is for this reason that due consideration should be given not
only to Juda, but also to Samaria and the diaspora as well as potentially influential,
tradition(s) and text(s) forming groups for the “Biblical Israel”.
This
international conference highlights the place of the Samarians and the other
(extra-Judean) diaspora communities on the historical and literary level in the
Persian and Hellenistic period, and tries to show how the new trend of biblical
research on Samaria and diaspora are possibly connected with the actual
theories about the formation of the Pentateuch, Hexateuch, Enneateuch and the
prophetic literatures."
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Links:
Every
year, Samaritans go up Mount Gerizim to pray during the holiday of Sukkot
-follow their journey October 27, 2018
EL
HEBREO ARCAICO RESUENA EN EL SAGRADO MONTE GERIZIM EN EL SUCOT SAMARITANO
By
Maria Sevillano (10/23/2018)
http://laconexionusa.com/noticias/201810231211243_lc121124323.asp
El
hebreo arcaico resuena en el sagrado Monte Gerizim en el sucot samaritano
https://www.diariovasco.com/agencias/201810/23/hebreo-arcaico-resuena-sagrado-1278012.html
Gặp
'người Samari nhân lành' của Kinh Thánh
Judith
Fein, BBC Travel
https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/vert-tra-45580664
Finding
the last of the lost good Samaritans
August 30, 2018 by Senior Editor
http://6to16.com/travel-people/finding-the-last-of-the-lost-good-samaritans/
AN
EVALUATION OF THE IDENTITY OF SĀMIRĪ IN THE QURʾĀN
Tolga
Savaş Altınel
A
Journal on Islamic and Religious Studies, Volume 9, Number 1, 2018
http://www.ilahiyatstudies.org/index.php/journal/article/view/383
Inside
the Synagogue by GaliaG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From the
Editor
Thomas,
if you remember had a fragment that had been pasted down from his family, which
we featured in the May/June 2016 issue
of the Samaritan Update.
The
Samaritan fragment was sent to Prof. Dr. Stefan Schorch,
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Theologische
Fakultät.
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SAD
ANNOUNCEMENT
Dear
all,
My
name is William and I am Tom’s youngest son (23 years old).
I
am writing on behalf of my father, who unfortunately passed away on the 6th of
August of the present year around 6:30 PM peacefully in his room overlooking
the Atlantic Ocean. It was a rather beautiful afternoon, as the sun was just
finding its way through the clouds, glazing the room with a stunning orange
colour. The two of us had the privilege of spending his last moments together,
and I stood with him until the last breath. It was a very dignified and serene
moment, which he truly deserved after 16 years struggling against his illness.
The
funeral was held on the morning of the 8th of August at Cortegaça’s church
where family and friends were present, as well as the people who so dearly took
care of him at the Home during the past few years. It was a beautiful ceremony
and both me and my uncle Gam (his eldest brother) agreed that he would be
pleased with it. He was buried at Cortegaça’s cemetery. I will leave the
address of the cemetery at the end of the post as well as a picture of the
church.
I
am sorry to write this post so late, but I guess that only now I found the
peace of mind to do so. Life since then has been rather frantic for me and my
brother James, as we go through all of his belongings (mainly books, paintings
and old documents).
On
behalf of the family, I would sincerely like to thank everyone who has
supported him over the years with his blog, which he was so dear and proud of.
He frequently and enthusiastically updated me about its status and development,
so it was indeed part of his therapy and a reason to stick around. The blog
will remain open.
If
there is anything else that you might want to know, you are welcome to get in
touch with me at william.b.mr@gmail.com
I
wish you all the best. Kind regards,
William
Milner
https://notes-from-the-waitingroom.com/author/thomasmilner/page/1/
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Samaritan
Scroll photo in the Online Archive of California
https://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt3j49r2t9/?order=1&brand=oac4
contributed
by Gifford M. Mast
Samaritan Camp on Mt. Gerizin, seen
from walls of the old Samaritan Trmple
Contributor Gifford M. Mast
American Stereoscopic Company: Keystone photo print 7.18 in.
x 4.18 in.
https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt338nd4nc/
Samaritans at the Passover. Mt. Gerizin.
Palestine. Asia
Underwood & Underwood
Keystone photo print 7.18 in. x 4.18 in.
https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt6c6030gw/
The Passover as celebrated today by the
Samaritans, Mt. Geizin, Palestine
Underwood & Underwood
Keystone photo print 7.18 in. x 4.18 in.
https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt2p3026ch/
More
here: https://calisphere.org/collections/11747/?q=&rq=samaritan&rows=48
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American
Jewish University
Bel
and Jack M. Ostrow Library,
15600
Mulholland Dr.
Los
Angeles, California 90077
Phone:
(310) 440-1238
Fax:
(310) 476-5423
Email:
library@aju.edu; sivanst3@gmail.com
Guide to the Louis Shub Documentation Center at the American
Jewish University
Collection Number: CLJ2, folder: 2211, Samaritans (most likely photo)
2405 Temple - Samaritan 2406
Ten Commandments
Glass
Slides in the Jacobson (Ken and Jenny) Collection
Box 50
2008.R.3-1433 The Passover as Celebrated by the previous hit Samaritans next hit on Mount Gerizim, Pal.
Scope and Content Note: Numbered on recto: 61; 10955.
Box 50
2008.R.3-1434 Shechem, an Early Center of Hebrew History,
Looking S. W. from Mt. Ebal
Scope and Content Note: Numbered on recto: 62; *3238.
Box 50
2008.R.3-1435 previous
hit Samaritan High Priest and old Pentateuch Roll at Shechem, Palestine
Scope and Content Note: Numbered on recto: 63; *10956.
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For Sale on
Ebay
1914
Samaritan Hebrew German Genesis Bible Pentateuch old Version
Der
hebräische Pentateuch der Samaritaner; 1914 by Gall, August von,
Hebrew
- German text
4
facsimile photo
Samaritan
text of Genesis with old bible
scientific
notes with prolegomena – foreword, unique study, rare text- ancient text, hard
cover, good shape, some cover wear, browning of age
70+112 pages size:9-11 inches
Samaritans (Known in the Talmud as Kuthim)
"Shamerim Yisraelim" are both a religious and an ethnic group.
Ethnically, they are descended from a group of inhabitants that have
connections to ancient Samaria from the beginning of the Babylonian Exile up to
the beginning of the Christian era. Religiously, they are the adherents to
Samaritanism, a religion based on the Torah. Samaritans claim that their
worship (as opposed to mainstream Judaism) is the true religion of the ancient
Israelites, predating the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem.
In
2005 there were about 700 Samaritans, living mostly in Kiryat Luza on the holy
Mount Gerizim near the city of Nablus in the West Bank, and in the city of
Holon in Israel.
The
Samaritans speak either Modern Hebrew or Palestinian Arabic as their mother
language. For liturgical purposes, Samaritan Hebrew and Samaritan Aramaic are
used.
Also:
1914
Samaritan Hebrew German Exodus Bible Pentateuch
1915
Samaritan Hebrew German Leviticus Bible Pentateuch
1916
Samaritan Hebrew German Number Bible Pentateuch
1918
Samaritan Hebrew German Deuterium Bible Pentateuch
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From The
Editor
Inscribed Imitation Vellum
‘As we left the synagogue, boys implored us to
purchase little tin and paper models of the Pentateuch, or scraps of
inscribed imitation vellum which they assured us were of great antiquity and
value. A franc or less would purchase these “antiques,” and they made
interesting mementoes, though nothing more.’
A
Pilgrimage to Jerusalem: The Story of the Cruise to the World’s Fourth
Sunday-School Convention, held in the City of Jerusalem, and of a Ride through
Palestine, Charles Gallaudet Trumbull. Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Company 1905 P.
236
I believe that these imitation vellums that were
sold in 1904 to the tourists at the World’s Fourth Sunday-School Convention, held in the
City of Jerusalem, are the same fragments in the Chamberlain-Warren Collection, meaning CW 2468 (described as very
stiff white cardboard rolled up together). At the end of the reference of CW 2468,
Robert Anderson wrote in Studies in the Samaritan Manuscripts and
Artifacts, The Chamberlain-Warren Collection, 1978, 'There is no indication
how the sheets were to be used.'
I believe that the above mentioned tourist item and
2468 refers to the same item. I believe that there are no other ones known to
exist and most likely the only survivors, being the 2 in CW 2468. This to
me, makes total sense, but some will most likely need more proof.
The quote from Trumbull in the article above is the
only source I have seen of this reference of imitation vellum which is actually
stiff white cardboard you mentioned.
When I was reading Robert Anderson’s
book, I seen no reference of the very ancient parchment that had been
given to Warren. (See William Barton, ‘The Samaritan Pentateuch: The Story of a
Survival Among the Sects,’ Oberlin Ohio, The Bibliotheca Sacra Company, 1903 p.
21.) I
was wondering if anyone knows of its whereabouts. If you do, I would appreciate
being informed, but I suspect it is now lost.
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Searchable Whole Volumes in PDF
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Concerning
the Samaritan Torah Scroll (Aktaba Kadisha), Land of Israel [ca.
1166, Scribe: Shalmah ben Abraham bar Yosef of Sarepta]
I traced it down, it was sold at auction
(Sotheby's NY) from the Valmadonna Trust Library (2015). That site said the provenance of
Valmadonna and Sassoon (# 735) but failed to mention that it was the Spiro
Katava Kadisha 01A114-13305 belonging to the Spiro Family, who purchased it
from Sassoon (but not sure if it was at auction), then sold to
Valmadonna.
When the Spiro family owned it, photocopies of it was sent to Alan
Crown.
But what I really found interesting is in Edward Robertson'
Catalogue of the Samaritan manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester
1962, vol. 2, # 88 [1868]. In the catalogue #88 , titled 'Photographs of
an Old Scroll' The names and date of 1166 are the same.
So I figure that the photos of #88 are of the same scroll
mentioned above.
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New photos
posted on Ebay
21.
Samaritan Case Of The Torah Scroll.— Made of copper and inlaid with silver. The
case consists of three sections connected with one another by hinges so as to
form a cylinder. The top and bottom are closed by three segments of copper
forming a circle. Each of the three top segments has a hole which probably
served for a projection to hold some ornaments, while from the bottom project
two handles for holding the case. The top is decorated with a turreted border.
Each section is divided horizontally into two panels, separated by a band
outlined in silver. Geometrical designs in silver, formed of arabesques,
decorate the center and corners of each panel. Inscriptions in silver, in
Samaritan characters but in the Hebrew language, run along the sides of each
section and around the bands of the case, and read as follows: "The Lord
our God, the Lord is one. He alone" (Deuteronomy vi, 4); "The Lord is
His name, the Lord is my banner" (Exodus xvii, 15); "The Lord God
merciful and gracious" (Exodus xxxiv, 6) ; "God will provide; the
Lord will provide" (Genesis xxii. 8 and 14); "The Lord is my God, the
Lord is mighty; And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said.
Rise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee
flee before thee" (Numbers x, 35); "The Lord bless thee and keep thee
"(Numbers vi, 24). "In the name of God. This case for the holy
writing was made in Damascus by the humble servant Joseph, son of Abaspoh of
the tribe of Patar. Under the direction of Rabban Abi Azzai, son of Rabban
Joseph in Damascus." "In the year 976 of the Kingdom of the
Ishmaelites (Mohammedans=about 1565 A. D.). May the Lord forgive him his sins,
Amen." Measurements, 2 feet high, 7 inches in diameter. (Cat. No. 4557,
U.S.N.M.) Lent by Hadji Ephraim Benguiat [circa 1856 Alexandria, Egypt - 1932
USA]. Link
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Proceedings
of the United Sates National Museum, vol. 34 Washington,
Government Printing Office, 1908.
214. Hebrew Manuscript or The Pentateuch.—Written in
Samaritan characters. Probably dated from the fifteenth century A. D. The
Samaritan writing is a modification
of the ancient Hebrew and Phenician alphabet as preserved on the Moabite stone
and the Siloam inscription and Jewish coins and seals, while the Jews
subsequent to the Exile gradually adopted the so-called square or Assyrian
script, which is of Aramaic origin, and is still in use among them. Height, 4
1/2 inches; width 3 1/2 inches. Palestine. (Cat. No. 216164, U.S.N.M.)
Lent
by Mr. S. S. Howland. [p. 744]
The Jewish Museum in New York City is where the Benguiat Samaritan Torah scroll case
now resides.
https://thejewishmuseum.org/collection/22404-torah-case-samaritan-torah-case-tik
Object Name: Torah Case
Artist/Maker: Matar Ishmael ha-Ramhi
Bio: active mid-16th-early 17th century
Title: Samaritan Torah Case (Tik)
Place Made: Damascus (Syria)
Date: 1568
Medium: Copper: inlaid with silver
Dimensions: 25 1/4 × 8 in. (64.1 × 20.3 cm)
Credit Line: The H. Ephraim and Mordecai Benguiat Family
Collection
Accession Number: S 21
[So what is the providence of the case? Where did it come
from?]
~~~~~
‘Threshold
to the Sacred: The Ark Door of Cairo's Ben Ezra Synagogue, Saturday, March 2,
2013–Sunday, May 26, 2013’ by
Amy S. Landau
[case
3.1, both sides]
Samaritan
Torah Case (Tik)
Matar
Ishmaeil ha-Ramhi
Ottoman
(Damascus, Syria), ca. 1568
This
Torah case was crafted after Syria transitioned from Mamluk to Ottoman hands.
Although the closely connected Jewish communities of Egypt and Syria were
weakened during this time, art production and scholarship continued. On this
Syrian Torah case arabesque designs fill the fields of the medallions with two
radiating elements and the triangular corner pieces. These ornamented areas are
set upon a blank field. The composition and design of this 16th-century Torah
case are strikingly similar to the ark door’s carving. The same system of
decoration was used on Mamluk and Ottoman book covers from approximately the 14th
century onward. This stylistic evidence suggests that the central area of the
ark door may have been carved around 1500.
Copper
inlaid with silver
The
Jewish Museum, New York, The H. Ephraim and Mordecai Benguiat Family Collection
(S 21)
Also see page 18 of ‘An
Educator’s Resource’ from the Jewish
Museum.
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Tri College Libraries
Pentateuch manuscript, 1300 - 1400
Item — item: 22 Identifier: RH 22
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections: J. Rendel Harris collection
Hebraeo-Samaritanus, 14th century Pentateuch manuscript, 1300
- 1400
Contains the Pentateuch.
Scope: Text is missing up to Gen. 4:14. Second leaf begins
with Gen. 6:17. Text ends incompletely at Deut. 30:18.
Dates: 1300 - 1400
Language: Common Hebraeo-Samaritan text.
Condition: Somewhat yellow with age. The corners of the
leaves are destroyed in places, and the loose leaves at the beginning and end
are somewhat cracked and broken. Ink somewhat brown. First leaf is broken.
Extent: 1 manuscripts (Codex of 219 leaves in clamshell box.)
http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/repositories/5/archival_objects/24123
A
History of Haverford College for the First Sixty Years of Its Existence By
Haverford College. Alumni Association, Philadelphia: Porter & Coats, 1892 p 629
A Collection of 48 Manuscripts, chiefly Oriental.
These manuscripts were purchased by Professor J. Rendel Harris in Egypt and
Syria in 1889, and were given to the College by Walter Wood and Professor
Harris. A complete catalogue by Professor Robert W. Rogers will be found in
Haverford College Studies, No. 4. A few are mentioned here:
(7) Hebraeo-Samaritan manuscript on fine vellum
of XI century, (?) 219 leaves, each 12xl5i inches. Contains Pentateuch. (Hav.
22.)
James Rendel Harris (1852-1941) on 1888-1889, while on leave
from Haverford, he travelled to Palestine and Egypt, purchasing 47 rolls and
codices written in Hebrew, Latin, Arabic, Syriac, Armenian and Ethiopic.
‘A
Student’s History of the Hebrews by Laura A. Knott, with maps and
Illustrations,’ New York, Cincinnati: The Abingdon Press, 1922, p 325, Image
taken at the Passover of 1913 by Ismar John Peritz. Dr. Peritz, of Syracuse
University had visited Nablus with a company of students in 1913. They camped
adjoined the ground where the Samaritans held the Passover Sacrifice. While
there he met Warren J. Moulton and A.E. Thompson.
Peritz,
Ismar J. “How Samaria Keeps the Passover Today” The
Christian Advocate Vol. 89, No. 14, April 2, 1914. New York pp.
465- 466.
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(Other photos in this article are not shown
here.)
News:
Jewish
Telegraphic Agency
https://www.jta.org/2018/09/28/top-headlines/samaritans-view-part-ancient-torah-scroll-stolen-1995
Samaritans view
part of ancient Torah scroll stolen from them in 1995
The
Times of Israel
https://www.timesofisrael.com/samaritans-view-part-of-ancient-torah-scroll-stolen-from-them-in-1995/
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New
Publications:
Routledge
Handbook of Minorities in the Middle East
London:
Routledge July 1, 2018
Chapter
17, by Monika Schreiber, p. 225-239
Abstract:
The Samaritans, an ethno-religious
group with roots in antiquity, represent the smallest religious minority in the
modern Middle East, with overall population numbers ranging below 800 at the
time of this writing. At present, they dwell exclusively in two demarcated
residential centers: on their sanctuary Mount Gerizim right above the
Palestinian town of Nablus, which has been their traditional hometown until the
outbreak of the First Intifada in 1987, and in Holon, a former “development
town” on the southern edge of the Tel Aviv area in Israel, where a separate
Samaritan neighborhood was founded in the early 1950s. Regarding language and a
wide array of social values, food preferences, and other everyday habits, the
Nablus Samaritans are clearly an Arab society. The Holon Samaritans, on the
other hand, speak Modern Israeli Hebrew and have absorbed much of the daily
culture of Israel. Generally though, the linguistic-cultural distinction
between the two halves of the community is not easy to draw. The Holonites have
preserved a great deal of their Arab cultural legacy, while most Samaritans of
Nablus, owing to the community’s close political ties with Israel, are well
familiar with modern Israeli culture (Figure 17.1).
Ed.
by Dusek, Jan
Series:
Studia Samaritana 11 Studia Judaica 110
23.0 x 15.5 cm
xiv, 341 pages
20 Fig.
Language: English
Aims and Scope
The volume contributes to the knowledge of the Samaritan
history, culture and linguistics. Specialists of various fields of research
bring a new look on the topics related to the Samaritans and the Hebrew and
Arabic written sources, to the Samaritan history in the Roman-Byzantine period
as well as to the contemporary issues of the Samaritan community.
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Notable
Past Publication
·
Ruth
Bardenstein, Historical Bindings of the Chamberlain-Warren
Samaritan Collection
Lots
of photos on the CD from Ruth Bardenstein.
http://www.thelegacypress.com/suave-mechanicals-vol-3.html
~~~~~~~~~~~
Maybe of
interest to someone:
Van
der Horst, P. W. (1985) "KORTE NOTITIES OVER VROEG-JOODSE EPIEK.
Nederlands
Theologisch
Tijdschrift 39(2):102–109.
We
have very scanty remains of the corpus of Hellenistic Jewish epic poetry. Not
one line from the poems of Sosates, "the Jewish Homer," has been
preserved. From Philo Epicus' On Jerusalem three fragments (23 lines) in
obscure Greek are extant, dealing with Genesis 22, the Joseph story, and the
water-supply system of Jerusalem. From Theodotus Epicus' On Shechem (or On the
Jews) six fragments (47 lines) are extant. He is not a Samaritan author, as has
often been assumed. His rendering of Genesis 34 probably served to justify John
Hyrcanus' destruction of Shechem and the Samaritan temple on Mount Gerizim.
(Dutch)
Vanderkam,
James C. (1978) "THE TEXTUAL AFFINITIES OF THE BIBLICAL CITATIONS IN THE
GENESIS APOCRYPHON. J of Biblical Literature 97(1):45–55.
A
systematic examination of 39 readings from the Genesis Apocryphon, comparing
each with the MT, the LXX and the Samaritan Pentateuch, in an endeavor to
demonstrate that the Genesis Apocryphon is an additional witness to the
Palestinian biblical family in Genesis. Concludes that the textual affinities
of the biblical citations in the Genesis Apocryphon show that its author cited
from an older Palestinian type of biblical text.
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Lecture on
line
The Samaritans: True Keepers
of the Ancient Israelite Law or Heretical Jewish Sect?
UNCA Ramsey Library Video Production
Published on Apr 14, 2018
Dr.
Stefan Schorch, Professor of Bible, Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg,
Germany provides an overview of Samaritan history, their current life as a minority
in Israel and Palestine, and their religion, including a presentation devoted
to the Samaritan Passover offering, the last in the Biblical tradition that
continues to be observed.
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Notice
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We are still unpacking, and our new facility will take a little while to
become available for researchers and visitors, so please bear with us. However,
we would love to hear from you in the meantime!
Our contact details in Greenwich are:
Palestine Exploration Fund, 5-6 Dreadnought Walk, Greenwich, London SE10
9FP. Tel: +44 (0) 207 935 5379, Fax: + 44 (0) 207 485 7438, email:
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them!
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Biblio
Almeida,
Vítor
As
descobertas arqueológicas de Delos e a circulação dos “javismos” no
Mediterrâneo antigo.
A
Reconfiguração da Palestina pós 63 aEC: A Samaria sob o Império Romano
Beyers, J.
& A P B Breytenbach (Universiteit van Pretoria)
Die
selfverstaan van die Samaritane soos dit uitdrukking vind in die feesliturgie 1998
Burton, Elise
K
Living
Monuments: Imagining Ancient Gene Pools in the Middle East 2018
Cosentino,
Augusto
Reviews
of the Enoch Seminar 2015.03.02
Gaster, Moses
‘The
Biblical Lessons: A Chapter on Biblical Archaeology’ in The
Jewish Review, vol III, no. 14, July, 1912, p 194-218
Hackenbroch,
John Peter
The Trip to Palestine and Syria, New York,
Printed by the Richardson Press, 1913.
Hill, Brad
Sabin
The
Marmorstein Collection, Manchester: The John Rylands Library 2017
Hill, Samuel
S.
Travels
in Egypt and Syria, London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1866
Jamgotchian, Haroutun [А. С.
ЖАМКОЧЯН]
Earliest Fragments of
Samaritan Arabic Chronicles in the Russian National Library, Mockba 2003
Jaros, Karl and Brigitte Deckert
Studien
zur Sichem-Area, 1977
Kampeier, A.
‘The
Samaritan Messiah,’ The
Christian Register, Thursday, April 24, 1913, p. 391-2
Pinkerton,
James Isaac.
A
comparison of the Samaritan Pentateuch with the Hebrew text of the Pentateuch
behind the Apocrypha. Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 1964.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-49).
PINKERTON, JAMES ISAAC. “A Comparison of the Samaritan
Pentateuch with the Hebrew Text of the Pentateuch behind the Apocrypha,”
(Diss.; Dallas Theological Seminary, 1964)
Rowe, Paul S.,
Routledge
handbook of minorities in the Middle East, Taylor & Francis; Verkkoaineisto/Nätresursen/Online
resource Routledge [2019]
Salihoglu,
Mahmut
Samiriler
(Samaritans) (in Turkish)
Thompson,
John A.
"SAMARITAN
EVIDENCE FOR "ALL OF THEM IN THE LAND OF SHINAR". Journal of Biblical
Literature 90(1): (1971) 99–102.
A
critical note adding supporting evidence to W.F. Alb right's suggested reading
for "all of them in Shinar" instead of "Calnehin Shinar" in
Genesis 10:10. Evidence is given from some manuscripts of the Samaritan Aramaic
Targum which add w eight to the reading "all of them."
Urien-Lefranc,
Fanny
Le
mont Garizim, nouvelle "Genève de la paix" : une capitale sans
territoire ?, Ethnologie française, XLVI, n°4 2016 (pp. 669-680)
Warren, E.K.,
S. C. Webb, E.S. Goodrich
‘In
Behalf of the Samaritans’ in World-Wide
Sunday-School Work, The Official Report of the World’s Seventh Sunday-School
Convention, Held in Zurich, Switzerland, July 8-15, 1913. Edited
by Charles Gallaudet Trumbull, The World’s Sunday-School Association, London
& New York, p. 602- 607
أسد
الصياغ
The
Afterlife in Samaritan Religion: Kitab al -Ma'ad by Abu al Hasan al Suri
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