The Samaritan Pentateuch
Subtitle: an introduction to its origin, history, and significance for biblical studies
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Atlanta, GA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781589836990
Description: "The Samaritan Pentateuch (SP) is the sacred scripture of the Samaritans, a tenacious religious community made famous by Jesus' Good Samaritan story that persists to this day. Not so widely known is the impact of the SP outside the Samaritan community. Recently there has been a resurgence of interest in this scripture, as evidenced by several translations of the SP as well as reference in Qumran scroll studies to the SP or an SP-like tradition in an effort to describe some of the textual evidence present in the scrolls. This volume presents a general introduction to and overview of the SP, suitable for a course text and as a reference tool for the professional scholar"--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Stories of Samaritan origins; title: Textual pluriformity in the late Second Temple period; title: Qumran and the "pre-Samaritan" text; title: From pre-Samaritan to Samaritan Pentateuch; title: Textual characteristics of the Samaritan Pentateuch; title: The Samaritan Pentateuch and emerging first-century sectarianism; title: The Samaritan Pentateuch in the first millennium; title: The Samaritan Pentateuch and the beginnings of textual criticism; title: The Samaritan Pentateuch in translation; title: Postscript : A reintroduction; title: For further reference : Modern tools and translations