Samaritans' past and present : current studies / / edited by Menachem Mor and Friedrich V. Reiterer; in collaboration with Wltraud Winkler

• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (307 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.8/17
• Soggetto topico: Samaritans - History; Jews - History - 70-638
• Soggetto geografico: Palestine History 70-638
• Classificazione: BC 8790
• Altri autori: MorMenahem ReitererFriedrich Vinzenz WinklerWaltraud
• Note generali: A collection of papers presented at the International Symposium on the Samaritans and at the annual conference of the Society of Biblical Literature that took place in Vienna, July 2007.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- I. Samaritan's GeneralIssues -- Samaritanism - A Jewish Sect or an Independent Form of Yahwism? -- Mt. Gerizim and Samaritans in Recent Research -- II. Samaritans Early History -- The Contribution of the Samaria Papyri from Wadi Daliyeh to the Study of Economics in the Persian Period -- Will the Real Sanballat Please Stand Up? -- The Use and Abuse of the Argumentum e silentio - the Case of Alexander in Jerusalem -- Was He a Bad Samaritan? -- III. The Samaritan Bible -- Samaria, Samaritans and the Composition of the Hebrew Bible -- Textgeschichtliches zum Samaritanischen Pentateuch und Samareitikon -- The Latent Masorah of the Samaritans -- The Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic Versions of the Samaritan Pentateuch -- IV. Samaritans in the Talmudic Period -- The Samaritan may be included - Another Look at the Samaritan in Talmudic Literature -- Massekhet Kutim and the Resurrection of the Dead -- Some Notes about the Samaritans and the Rabbinic Class at the Crossroads -- V. Samaritans in Modern Times -- A Case of Palestinian Arab Justice between Minority and Majority -- Samaritan Israelite Families and Households that Disappeared -- Izhak Ben Zvi, David Ben Gurion and the Samaritans -- The Samaritans - Biblical Positions in the Service of Modern Politics -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: The articles in this volume originated from lectures given in two meetings devoted to the Samaritans. The first was the sixth conference of the Société d'Etudes Samaritaines, which took place at the University of Haifa in July 2004. The second meeting was part of the SBL International Conference in Vienna, July 2007.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 Samaritans
• Titolo autorizzato: Samaritans' past and present
• ISBN: 1-282-71588-7; 9786612715884; 3-11-021283-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824299803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studia Samaritana ; ; 5.