Samaritans - Past and Present: Current Studies
Description for reader: Zugl.: Studia Judaica 53.
The volume reflects the current state of research on the Samaritans. It presents a wide spectrum of approaches, including historical'questions, the political, religious and social context of the Samaritans in the past and present, linguistic approaches, the role of the Samaritan…
The articles in this volume originated from lectures given in two meetings devoted to the Samaritans. The first was the sixth conference of the Socit dEtudes Samaritaines, which took place at the University of Haifa in July 2004. The second meeting was part of the SBL Internatio…
Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucifer in the form of a peacock, and yet another believes that their followers are re…
Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucifer in the form of a peacock, and yet another believes that their followers are re…
Covering over a thousand years of history (from the Assyrian exile in the eighth century BCE to late Roman times), this book makes an important contribution to the fields of Jewish studies biblical studies, ancient Near Eastern studies, Samaritan studies, and early Christian his…
Covering over a thousand years of history (from the Assyrian exile in the eighth century BCE to late Roman times), this book makes an important contribution to the fields of Jewish studies biblical studies, ancient Near Eastern studies, Samaritan studies, and early Christian his…