The comfort of kin : Samaritan community, kinship, and marriage
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The comfort of kin : Samaritan community, kinship, and marriage
(Brill's series in Jewish studies, v. 51)
Brill, c2014
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Revised and updated version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Vienna, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, 2009
Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-391) and indexes
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Description
In The Comfort of Kin Monika Schreiber presents a study of the social and religious life of the Samaritans, a minority in modern Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Utilizing approaches ranging from anthropological theory and method to comparative history and religion, she approaches this community from diverse empirical and epistemic angles. Her account of the Samaritans, usually studied for their Bible and their role in ancient history, is enriched by a thorough treatment of the Samaritan family, a powerful institution rooted in notions of patrilineal descent and perpetuated in part by consanguineous marriage (which differs from incest in degree rather than in kind). Schreiber also discusses how the tiny community is affected by its demographic predicament, intermarriage, and identity issues.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Who Are the Samaritans?
Part I: Samaritan Ethnicity and Community
Chapter 1: A Community of Faith
Chapter 2: An Accidental People: A Survey of Samaritan History
Chapter 3: A Community of Practice
Chapter 4: No Exit, No Entrance? The Bounds of Community
Part II: Samaritan Family and Marriage
Chapter 5: It's All in the Family: From Ethnic Identity to Practical Kinship
Chapter 6. Binti li-ibn 'ammha-My Daughter Is for Her Cousin: Samaritan Marital Preferences
Chapter 7: Too Close for Comfort? A Critical View of an Ancient Legacy
Chapter 8: Single, Samaritan, Male: A Local Discourse on Minority and Choice
Chapter 9: The Family Politic
Epilogue: Will the Samaritans Endure?
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