
Samaritans
A Profile
Reinhard Pummer(Author)
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Published on 24. February 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-8028-6768-1 (ISBN)
Description
Authoritative introduction to the Samaritan tradition from antiquity to the present
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Grand Rapids
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
613 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8028-6768-1 (9780802867681)
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Reinhard Pummer is professor emeritus of religious studies at the University of Ottawa, Canada.