The origin of the Samaritans /

The origin of the Samaritans /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Kartveit, Magnar, 1946-
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 405 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 128 Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 128.
Subject:	Josephus, Flavius -- Knowledge -- Samaritans. Josephus, Flavius. Samaritans -- Origin. Samaritans. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11261022

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ISBN:	9789047440543 9047440544 9789004178199 9004178198
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-392) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	This book evaluates the methods often used for finding the origin of the Samaritans, assesses well known and new material, and suggests that the decisive event was the construction of the temple on Mount Gerizim in the first part of the fourth century b.c.e.
Other form:	Print version: Kartveit, Magnar, 1946- Origin of the Samaritans. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004178199
Standard no.:	10.1163/ej.9789004178199.i-406

Table of Contents:

The legacy from Josephus
State of the question
Josephus and the origin of the Samaritans
Josephus' predecessors
Samaritan inscriptions and related texts
The Pentateuch that the Samaritans chose
The Samaritan attitude to the Prophets
The origin of the Samaritans.