Scripture and schism
Subtitle: Samaritan and Karaite treasures from the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary : an exhibition December 14, 2000-April 5, 2001.
Contributors: Rustow, Marina.; Mintz, Sharon Liberman.; Deitsch, Elka.; Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Library.
Publisher: The Library
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Jewish Theological Seminary of America. -- Library -- Exhibitions; Samaritans -- Exhibitions; Manuscripts, Samaritan -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions; Karaites -- Exhibitions; Karaite manuscripts -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
Notes: Exhibition curators, Marina Rustow, Sharon Liberman Mintz, Elka Deitsch.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-128).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Preface INTRODUCTION: The Makings of a Jewish Schism THE SAMARITANS; title: I. From Scripture to Schism: Samaritan Origins; title: II. Samaritan Customs and Ceremonies; title: III. The Samaritan Renaissance of Late Antiquity and the Encounter with Rabbinic Judaism; title: IV. Samaritan Responses to Arab and Islamic Culture THE KARAITES; title: Karaites in the Islamic world; title: I. "Search Diligently in the Torah": Karaite Beginnings; title: II, Intertwined Worlds: Karaite-Rabbanite Relations in the Genizah Communities; title: II. Age of Polemics: Karaites Come under Rabbanite Fire; title: IV. Egyptian Karaism The Move Northward: Karaism in Greek, Turkish, and Russian lands; title: V. Byzantine and Ottoman Karaism: Compromise and Codification; title: VI. Karaites and Krimchaks: The Crimean Communities; title: VII. Troki, Lutsk, Halicz, and Kiev: The Eastern European Communities; title: VIII. Under the Czars: The Karaites Become a People Apart; title: IX. The Firkovich Controversies: Scholarship in the Service of Separatism SAMARITANS AND KARAITES IN THE EYES OF CHRISTIAN HEBRAISTS Glossary Selected Bibliography .