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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782349503321

Autore

Hjelm Ingrid

Titolo

The Samaritans and early Judaism [[electronic resource] ] : a literary analysis / / Ingrid Hjelm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic, c2000

ISBN

1-281-84154-4

9786611841546

0-567-26046-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Collana

Copenhagen international seminar ; ; 7

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 303

Disciplina

221.95

296.817

Soggetti

Judaism - History - Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D

Judaism - Relations - Samaritans

Samaritans - History - To 1500

Samaritans - Relations - Judaism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 THE TWO-EPISODE PARADIGM: SAMARITAN RESEARCH FROM MONTGOMERY TO COGGINS; Chapter 2 RADICAL ALTERNATIVES: THE THEORIES OF CROWN AND NODET; Chapter 3 SAMARITAN LITERATURE; Chapter 4 SAMARITANS IN JEWISH, CHRISTIAN AND HELLENISTIC LITERATURE; Chapter 5 SAMARITANS IN THE WRITINGS OF JOSEPHUS; Chapter 6 SAMARITAN HISTORIOGRAPHY; Chapter 7 FROM LITERARY TO HISTORICAL REALITY; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Hjelm examines the various ancient sources mentioning Samaritans, dating from the Persian period to well into the Roman period and emanating from Jewish, Christian, Hellenistic and Samaritan circles. She addresses those issues that can be related to a possible Samaritan-Judaean conflict, and special attention is given to questions about temple, high priests, Levites and prophets, as well as Shechem and Heliopolis. In this radical new investigation, Hjelm points out



anachronisms in both the ancient writers and our reading of them and proposes a new understanding of the formation of both Samarit