Jan Dusek (editor) - The Samaritans in Historical, Cultural and Linguistic Perspectives

The Samaritans in Historical, Cultural and Linguistic Perspectives

Studia Judaica

Forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums

Begrndet von Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich

Herausgegeben von

Gnter Stemberger, Charlotte Fonrobert, Elisabeth Hollender, Alexander Samely und Irene Zwiep

Band 110

Studia Samaritana

Edited by

Magnar Kartveit, Gary N. Knoppers, Stefan Schorch

Volume 11

Proceedings of the 9 th international congress of the Socit dtudes samaritaines, held in Prague, July 31 August 5, 2016

This volume has been edited as part of the research project of the Czech Science Foundation (Grantov agentura esk republiky) GAR P401/12/G168 History and Interpretation of the Bible.

ISBN 978-3-11-061610-1

e-ISBN (PDF) 978-3-11-061730-6

e-ISBN (EPUB) 978-3-11-061627-9

ISSN 0585-5306

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Socit d'tudes samaritaines. International Congress (9th : 2016 :
Prague, Czech Republic)

Title: The Samaritans in historical, cultural, and linguistic perspectives / edited by / herausgegeben von Jan Duek.

Description: Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2018] | Series:
Studia samaritana ; Band / volume 11 | Includes bibliographical references, abstracts, keywords and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018029285 (print) | LCCN 2018029602 (ebook) | ISBN 9783110617306 (electronic Portable Document Format (pdf) | ISBN 9783110616101 (print : alk. paper) | ISBN 9783110617306 (ebook pdf) | ISBN 9783110616279 (ebook epub)

Subjects: LCSH: SamaritansHistoryCongresses. | SamaritansCongresses. | Samaritan literatureHistory and criticismCongresses.

Classification: LCC DS129 (ebook) | LCC DS129 .S63 2016 (print) | DDC 296.8/1709dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018029285

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The Samaritan community is ancient, persevering and respectable, with roots in Biblical times. The Samaritans and their culture witnessed history over more than two millennia and we can be spectators of the development of their community in modern times. The Samaritans, their Pentateuch and Mount Gerizim represent a kind of historical constant in the southern Levant during numerous historic events and overthrows, perhaps even despite many of them.

Because of such a long and rich history, Samaritan studies require a multidisciplinary approach, including Biblical studies, epigraphy, archaeology and history, Jewish and Arabic studies, sociology, folklore studies and other disciplines. The international congresses of the Socit dtudes samaritaines are held every four years and represent a unique occasion for specialists of various disciplines to meet in discussion and to share their knowledge.

This volume collects papers presented during the 9 th congress of the Socit dtudes samaritaines . It was hosted by the Center for Biblical Studies at the Protestant Theological Faculty, Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic) from July 31 st through August 5 th of 2016. I would like to thank Jan Roskovec, Th.D., director of the Center for Biblical Studies, and Doc. Ji Mrzek, Th.D., dean of the faculty, for their kind and supportive approach toward our congress. I also wish to thank Jarmila Bergstra for her practical and administrative organization of the congress. I am very grateful to Iva Trefn, who did most of the technical redaction of the volume, to Daniel Bouek who revised the Arabic texts and helped me with revision of the Hebrew passages and to Dvid Cielontko who prepared the index.

The volume has been edited as part of the research project of the Czech Science Foundation (Grantov agentura esk republiky) History and interpretation of the Bible (GAR P401/12/G168).

In Prague, May 2018

Jan Duek