The Samaritans : a profile

Bibliographic Information

The Samaritans : a profile

Reinhard Pummer

William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2016

  • : pbk

Available at  / 1 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

Bibliography: p. 305-338

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Most people associate the term "Samaritan" exclusively with the New Testament stories about the Good Samaritan and the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well. Very few are aware that a small community of about 750 Samaritans still lives today in Palestine and Israel; they view themselves as the true Israelites, having resided in their birthplace for thousands of years and preserving unchanged the revelation given to Moses in the Torah. Reinhard Pummer, one of the world's foremost experts on Samaritanism, offers in this book a comprehensive introduction to the people identified as Samaritans in both biblical and nonbiblical sources. Besides analyzing the literary, epigraphic, and archaeological sources, he examines the Samaritans' history, their geographical distribution, their version of the Pentateuch, their rituals and customs, and their situation today. There is no better book available on the subject.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

  • NCID
    BB2180845X
  • ISBN
    • 9780802867681
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Grand Rapids, Mich.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 362 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
Page Top