The Samaritans by Pummer, Reinhard -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface Abbreviations Illustrations Introduction i. The Identity of the Samaritans

1. The Samaritan View 2. The Traditional Jewish View 3. Modern Scholarly Views

ii. Samaritans in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament? iii. The Samaritans and the New Testament

1. The Gospel of Matthew 2. The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts 3. The Gospel of John 4. Samaritan Influence on New Testament Writings?

iv. Samaritans in Jewish Writings of Antiquity

1. Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Writings 2. The Dead Sea Scrolls 3. Flavius Josephus 4. Rabbinic Literature

v. Archaeological Excavations

1. Mount Gerizim 2. Synagogues 3. Amulets and Oil Lamps 4. Ritual Baths — Miqvaʾot

vi. Samaritan Sects

1. Samaritan Sources 2. Muslim and Karaite Sources 3. Patristic Sources

vii. The Samaritans in History

1. Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods 2. Late Roman and Byzantine Periods 3. Early Muslim Period 4. Crusader Period 5. Mamluk Period 6. Ottoman Period 7. Modern Period

viii. Geographical Distribution and Demography

1. Palestine 2. Diaspora 3. Demography

ix. The Samaritan Pentateuch

1. The Nature of the Samaritan Pentateuch 2. Ancient Translations of the Samaritan Pentateuch 3. The Samaritan Pentateuch in Western Scholarship 4. The Samaritan Script

x. Samaritan Literature

1. Exegesis 2. Halakhah 3. Liturgy 4. Chronicles 5. Linguistic Writings 6. Folktales 7. Interactions with European Scholars

xi. Samaritan Rituals and Customs

1. The Samaritan Calendar 2. Passover and Maṣot 3. The Feast of Weeks 4. The First Day of the Seventh Month 5. The Day of Atonement 6. Tabernacles 7. The Eighth Day of Tabernacles — Shemini Aṣeret 8. Ṣimmut Pesaḥ and Ṣimmut Sukkot 9. Pilgrimage 10. Circumcision 11. Redemption of the First Born 12. Completion of the Reading of the Torah 13. Betrothal and Wedding 14. Funeral 15. Prayer 16. Music 17. Art

xii. The Samaritans Today xiii. New Challenges Bibliography Index of Sources Index of Modern Authors Index of Subjects