The-Samaritans.com

 
The Internet Resource for Samaritan

Manuscripts and Inscriptions

Including Internet Website Locations

(Some websites do not exist or have yet to be located.)

Edited 2.14.2004

If you know of any Samaritan manuscripts (MSS) that are not listed,

please contact the: webmaster@the--samaritans.com

* Information can be found in the chapter by Jean-Pierre Rothschild, Samaritan Manuscripts in 'The Samaritans,' edited by Alan Crown, J.C.B. Mohr, Tubingen 1989. ISBN 3.16.145237.2.

Aleppo, Armenian community*

One Pentateuch fragment

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Ambrosian Library

Milan. Manuscripts of the Samaritan versions of the Pentateuch, cited in the same work,—one is the Codex 197.

ref: http://65.107.211.206/science/science_texts/bridgewater/b5.htm  

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Amsterdam, Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana *

One modern Pentateuch

http://cf.uba.uva.nl/nl/collecties/rosenthaliana/

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Barberini Library,  Rome

Dates from 1227 and contains in three columns the Samaritan Pentateuch, the Samaritan Targum

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Berkley, University of Califonia *

General Library, One fragment

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/

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Berlin, Freie Universitat *

Seminar fur Semitistik und Arabistik

Forty-three manuscripts

http://www.fu-berlin.de/en/

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Berlin, Staatsbibliothek *

Preussischer Kulturbesitz

Forty-three manuscripts

http://www.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/deutsch/abteilungen/orientabteilung/

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Bern, Burgerbibliothek *

Latin-Samaritan Dictionary

http://www.cx.unibe.ch/burgerbib/

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Beuron, Bibliothek der Erzabteoi *

One Pentateuch Fragment

bibliothek@erzabtei beuron.de

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Birmingham, Selly Oaks College Library *

Two liturgical manuscripts

http://www.sellyoak.ac.uk/sellyoak.htm

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Bordeaux, Collection Maurice Baillet *

Twenty-five manuscripts

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Boston University*

(At least thirty volumes)

William E. Barton Collection of Samaritan Materials

To much to list, no photos shown

http://www.bu.edu/sth/archives/sth/barton1.html

James D. Purvis Collection

To much to list, no photos shown

http://www.bu.edu/sth/archives/sth/purvis.html

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Breslau, Judisch-Theologisches Seminar *

MS 328, 2: R. Kirchheim and abstract of Karme Schomon

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Bristol City Museum *

Samaritan Pentateuch Fragments

(accession number 9640)

http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk/museums

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Cambridge, University Library*

20 Samaritan MSS

http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Handbook/D13.html

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Cambridge, Girton College Library*

Mary Frere Collection of Samaritan texts and manuscripts, 45 MSS

http://www-lib.girton.cam.ac.uk/

http://www-lib.girton.cam.ac.uk/special/specialcoll.htm

See Samaritan Update: 2.13.2003

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Cambridge, Trinity College*

5 MSS, 2 Pentateuchs

http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/

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Cambridge, Westminster College*

1 Pentateuch

http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/University/Libraries/WestminsterCollege.html

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Chicago, Oriental Institute*

4 MSS, 1 full Pentateuch , 3 leafs of older Pentateuch

http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/default.html

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Copenhagen, Det Kongelige Bibliotek

 3 MSS, part of a Pentateuch

http://www.kb.dk./index-en.htm

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Copenhagen, National Library, Black Diamond

4 MSS, 2 -from Torah (sections) 2 Prayer books

http://theSamaritanUpdate.com/update9.25.2003.html

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Dublin, Chester Beatty Library*

2 old Pentateuchs, 7 fragments

http://www.cbl.ie/

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Dublin, Marsh Library*

1 Samaritan Letter 1680

http://www.marshlibrary.ie/

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Dublin, Trinity College Library*

5 MSS including 1 full and 2 parts of Pentateuch, 1 decalogue, 1 defter.

WEINGREEN MUSEUM OF BIBLICAL ANTIQUITIES

The museum currently has on loan from Mrs J. L'Amie

a Samaritan Pentateuch

http://www.tcd.ie/Bib_Theo/wein.htm

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East Lansing, Michigan State University*

THE CHAMBERLAIN-WARREN

SAMARITAN COLLECTION

47 manuscripts.

http://www.msu.edu/home/

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Edinburgh, The National Library of Scotland*

1 Pentateuch fragment

http://www.nls.uk/

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Gotha, Herzogliche Bibliothek*

3 manuscripts.

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Halle, Bibliothek der Deutschen* Morgenlandischen Gesellscaft

3 manuscripts

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Harvard College Library

The Houghton Library 

Samaritan MSS, nos. SM 4925-4934, are shelved with SM Arabic MSS after SM 489l. RR 31-2

http://hcl.harvard.edu/houghton/departments/msdept/handlist.html

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Haverford, Haverford College, Philadelphia*

J Rendell Harris Collection: 3 manuscripts including 1 Pentateuch with 2 fragments.

http://www.haverford.edu/library/

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Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati

Samaritan liturgy

http://www.huc.edu/index.shtml

Helsinki, University of

Firkovich Collections, Samaritan materials

http://www.helsinki.fi/hum/aakkl/d_semitic_research.html

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Holon, Samaritan Synagogues

2 synagogues with manuscripts

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Illinois, Deerfield, Trinity International University

Samaritan Pentateuch - BM 920 1918

http://www.tiu.edu/library/instruction/guides/bibcol.html

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Istanbul, Topkapi Serai Library*

12 manuscripts, includes 1 Pentateuch and fragments, etc.

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Ithaca, Cornell University Library*

7 manuscripts with 2 Pentateuchs

http://campusgw.library.cornell.edu/

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Jerusalem, Dormition Monastery*

1 recorded fragment, now lost

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Jerusalem, Armenian Patriarchate (St. James)*

1 Pentateuch in Armenian binding

http://www.armenian-patriarchate.org/

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Jerusalem, Ben,-Zvi Institute Library*

70 manuscripts

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Jerusalem, Department of Antiquities

1 manuscript

http://www.israntique.org.il/

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Jerusalem, Jewish National Library*

70 manuscripts with 2 early Pentateuchs

http://jnul.huji.ac.il/

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Jerusalem, Islamic Museum*

1 modern manuscript

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Jordan, unknown.

2 Samaritan scrolls stolen from the Samaritan Synagogue in Kiryat Luza.

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Kiel, Universitatsbibliothek*

1 manuscript

http://www.uni-kiel.de/ub/ubki.html

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Kiryat Luza, House of the High Priest

more than 197 manuscripts, about 26 plus Pentateuchs, etc.

See Nablus, House of the High Priest* in The Samaritans, pg. 788

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Kiryat Luza, Samaritan Synagogue

Pentateuch Scrolls and manuscripts, etc.

See Nablus, Synagogue* in The Samaritans, p. 788

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Klaganfurt, Geschichtsverein fur Karnten, Landesmuseum*

1 fragment

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Kobenhavn, Royal Library

1 Pentateuch fragment

http://www.kb.dk/index-en.htm

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Leeds University Library*

Cecil Roth Collection: 6 manuscripts

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/

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Leiden, University Library*

Samaritan manuscripts: copy of the Samaritan Chronicle, copy of the Samaritan Pentateuch, Arabic translation by Abu Sa`id b. Abi al-Husayn b. Abi Sa`id al-Samiri of the Samaritan Pentateuch, Arabic manuscript of Samaritan interest which came to the Leiden library, albeit via a complicated detour, is a 15th-century convolute volume with several shorter texts by Samaritan scholars.

http://bc.leidenuniv.nl/olg/selec/samaritan/object1.htm#1

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Leipzig, Universitatsbibliothek*

1 Pentateuch manuscript

http://www.ub.uni-leipzig.de/ubl/zs_archeo.htm

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Leningrad, Oriental Institute*

32 manuscripts including 1 Pentateuch and 2 fragments

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Leningrad, State Public Library M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin

976 Items-Samaritan MSS divided into fourteen sections according to subject, includes 27 Pentateuch scrolls, fragments, etc.

http://www.nlr.ru:8101/eng/nlr/

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Liverpool, City Museum Library*

2 manuscripts- Exodus and Deuteronomy

http://www.liverpool.nsw.gov.au/museum/

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Liverpool, University Library*

1 manuscript

http://www.liv.ac.uk/library/libinfor.html

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London, Bible Society*

2 manuscripts, Deuteronomy and 20th C Pentateuch

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London, British Library*

63 manuscripts, 78 fragments, etc.

http://www.bl.uk/

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London School of Jewish Studies

Formerly: London, Jews College Library*

1 Samaritan Chronicle manuscript

http://www.brijnet.org/lsjs/index.html

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London, Jewish Studies Library

Formerly: London, Mocatta Library*

1 manuscript of the defter

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/jewish.htm

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London, Library of the British and Foreign Bible Society

2 Samaritan Pentateuchs

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London, Palestine Exploration Fund*

4 manuscripts: now sold.  Checking for verification but received no answer as of yet!

http://www.pef.org.uk/

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London, Sassoon Collection*

68 manuscripts, 11 Pentateuchs, 6 commentaries, etc. 

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London, Wellcome Foundation Medical Library*

1 modern Pentateuch

http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/about/history.shtml

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Manchester, John Rylands, University Library of*

373 manuscripts: 68 Pentateuchs and fragments, etc.

http://rylibweb.man.ac.uk/data2/spcoll/samarit/

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Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana*

3 manuscripts: 1 parchment Pentateuch.

http://www.ambrosiana.it/

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Montreal, McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. A Samaritan Pentateuch

http://www.library.mcgill.ca/collect/jewstud.htm

http://www.library.mcgill.ca/rarebook/cube.htm

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Montserrat, Bibioteca del monestir*

1 plate of the Kelim in the sanctuary and 2 fragments of the Pentateuch

http://www.andorra.ad/arxius/angles/ fons/fons_est/montserr.htm 

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Nablus, House of the High Priest*

See Kiryat Luza

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Nablus, Samaritan Synagogue*

See Kirut Luza, Samaritan Synagogue

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New York, Columbia University Library*

16 manuscripts

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/

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New York, Jewish Theological Seminary*

Adler Collection: 65 manuscripts, fragments, etc.
Sefer Peliatah de-Markah (Markah's Book of  Wonders) Scribe: Abraham ben Phineas ha-Kohen Nablus, 1898
ms. 3506, Samaritan Translation of the Torah into Arabic Scribe: Israel ben Jacob ben Israel Damascus,

1365-67 ms. 9492
http://phil.jtsa.edu/library/exhib/scrips/

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New York, Public Library*

2 manuscripts

http://www.nypl.org/

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Oregon Library, University of

 Manuscript of Samaritan rituals ,MS 19, Author unknown

http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/mss/burgess/contents.htm

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Orlando, Holy Land Experience

One 13th century Torah manuscript total of four pages

http://theSamaritanUpdate.com/2003/dec403.html 

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Oslo, The Schoyen Collection

MS in Hebrew on vellum, Nablus (Shechem) or Damascus, 13th c.(?), 1 partial scroll of 5 membranes, 44x125 cm, 6 columns, (38x17 cm), 84-91 lines in a small Samaritan book script without vowel signs. Binding: Barking, Essex, 1993, red cloth gilt folding case, by Aquarius. Provenance: 1. Sotheby's 7.12.1992:34. http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/4/4.4/46.html

In the Collection, is a Samaritan Torah portion of Leviticus 13:56 to 15:15 in Samaritan square book script. The scroll was written by Ab Hasta, son of Abnef Uscha in Ascolon, Israel in 1189. The Codex fragment was featured in the Maggs European Bulletin 13(1986):18 and the Maggs Cat. 1073 (1987).

http://www.nb.no/baser/schoyen/4/4.1/411.html MS 201. See The Samaritan Update April 11^th, 2002

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Oxford, Bodleian Library*

manuscripts and fragments of the Pentateuch and other manuscripts.

http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/

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Oxford, Keble College*

7 manuscripts including 3 Pentateuch fragments and an amulet

http://www.keble.ox.ac.uk/

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Paris, Bible et Terre Sainte*

1 Pentateuch

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Paris, Bibliotheque de l'Alliance Israelite Universelle*

1 modern copy of the Tolidah

http://www.aiu.org/biblio/presentation/infos.html

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Paris, Bibiotheque nationale*

70 manuscripts: 7 Pentateuchs, 20 fragments, etc.

http://www.bnf.fr/

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Philadelphia, Center for Judaic Studies of the University of Pennsylvania
Formerly Dropsie College Library*

46 manuscripts

http://www.library.upenn.edu/cajs/

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Philadelphia, Free Library*

Collection of J. F. Lewis: 1 liturgical manuscript

http://www.library.phila.gov/

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Philadelphia, Pr. Isaac H. Hall*

1 old Pentateuch fragment

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Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Library*

1 Manuscript

http://www.library.upenn.edu/

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Princeton University Library*

9 manuscripts in the Robert Garrett Collection

No photos and no information shown on web-site

http://www.princeton.edu/~rbsc/department/manuscripts/nonwestern.html

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Rennes, Bibliotheque municipale*

1 manuscript

http://www.bm-rennes.fr/

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Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vacticana*

4 manuscripts including a Pentateuch

http://www.vatican.va/library_archives/vat_library/

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Roma, Biblioteca Casanatense*

5 modern Pentateuch books (not all Samaritan)

http://biblioroma.sbn.it/casanat/casanat.htm

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Roma, Instituto Biblico Pontificale*

1 Pentateuch fragment

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Rouen, Bibiotheque municipale*

Arabic Targum

http://www.ccfr.bnf.fr/rnbcd_visu/bibdetail.html?numnotice=7401

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St. Petersburg, National Russia Library of,

Firkovich Collections

Samaritan Manuscripts and Judaeo-Arabic Dialect Texts http://www.nlr.ru/

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Strasboug, Bibliotheque nationale et universitaire*

3 manuscripts including: 1 Pentateuch

http://www-bnus.u-strasbg.fr/

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Stuttgart, Wurttembergische Landesbibliothek*

2 Arabic texts.

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Sydney, University of, Fisher Library*

1 modern Pentateuch scroll

http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/fisher/

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Tele Aviv, University of, Israel: Sourasky Central Library

Manuscripts

http://www.tau.ac.il/cenlib/

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Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum*

3 18th century books of the Pentateuch

http://www.rom.on.ca/

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Toronto, University Library*

1 Pentateuch scroll

http://www.library.utoronto.ca/

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Uppsala, University Library*

5 manuscripts and an Arabic Pentateuch

http://www.ub.uu.se/eindex.cfm

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Utrecht University Library*

1 manuscript 18th century

http://www.library.uu.nl/library

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Venezia, Biblioteca Marciana*

1 Pentateuch fragment

http://marciana.venezia.sbn.it/

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Washington, Catholic University*

small fragments of Samaritan liturgy

http://www.cua.edu/

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Washington, Library of Congress*

17 manuscripts (modern) including 1 Pentateuch

Shown : Leviticus [Samaritan Pentateuch] (1880)
Manuscript book, Hebraic Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (175)*

http://www.loc.gov/

http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit/Library/lc.rel.mats.lbry.html

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Washington, Smithsonian Museum, Dibner Library*

4 manuscripts including 1 old Pentateuch

http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/Dibner/index.htm

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Wyoming, University of, Toppan Library

See Samaritan Update January 16, 2003 and 30th

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Yale University Library*

4 manuscripts including 1 Pentateuch fragment

http://www.library.yale.edu/

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Zurich, Zentralbibliothek*

1 Torah fragment

http://www-zb.unizh.ch/

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