The Samaritans In Flavius Josephus

Author : Reinhard Pummer
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161501067
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Samaritans in Flavius Josephus written by Reinhard Pummer and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2009 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first-century C.E. Jewish historian Flavius Josephus is our main source of information for the early history of the Samaritans, a community closely related to Judaism whose development as an independent religion is commonly dated in the Hellenistic-Roman period. Josephus' two main works, Jewish War and Jewish Antiquities, contain a number of passages that purport to describe the origin, character and actions of the Samaritans. In composing his histories, Josephus drew on different sources, some identifiable others unknown to us. Contemporary Josephus research has shown that he did so not as a mere compiler but as a creative writer who selected and quoted his sources carefully and deliberately and employed them to express his personal views. Rather than trying to isolate and identify Josephus' authorities and to determine the meaning these texts had in their original setting, Reinhard Pummer examines what Josephus himself intended to convey to his audience when he depicted the Samaritans in the way he did. He attempts to combine composition criticism and historical research and argues that the differences in Josephus' portrayal of the Samaritans in War on the one hand and in Antiquities on the other are due to the different aims the historian pursued in the two works.

Author : Reinhard Pummer
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802867685
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Samaritans written by Reinhard Pummer and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Magnar Kartveit
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047440544
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origin of the Samaritans written by Magnar Kartveit and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-10-31 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book evaluates the methods often used for finding the origin of the Samaritans, assesses well known and new material, and suggests that the decisive event was the construction of the temple on Mount Gerizim in the first part of the fourth century b.c.e.

Author : Flavius Josephus
Publisher : Alpha Edition
ISBN 13 : 9789355399793
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antiquities of the Jews ; Book - XI written by Flavius Josephus and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book, "" Antiquities of the Jews; Book - XI "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

Author : Magnar Kartveit
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004178198
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origin of the Samaritans written by Magnar Kartveit and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Bible readers will think that chapter 17 of the second book of Kings refers to the origin of the Samaritans. This understanding of the chapter has its earliest attestation in the works of Josephus. The present book evaluates the methods often used for finding the origin of the Samaritans, makes an assessment of well known and new material, and ventures into some uncharted territory. It is suggested that the moment of birth of the Samaritans was the construction of the temple on Mount Gerizim. This happened in the first part of the fourth century b.c.e. in accordance with the original commandment of Moses in Deut 27:4.

Author : Flavius Josephus
Publisher : Alpha Edition
ISBN 13 : 9789355399977
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antiquities of the Jews ; Book - XVIII written by Flavius Josephus and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book, "" Antiquities of the Jews; Book - XVIII "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

Author : Flavius Josephus
Publisher : Alpha Edition
ISBN 13 : 9789355399878
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antiquities of the Jews ; Book - XII written by Flavius Josephus and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book, "" Antiquities of the Jews; Book - XII "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

Author : Stewart Penwell
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004390707
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jesus the Samaritan written by Stewart Penwell and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Jesus the Samaritan: Ethnic Labelling in the Gospel of John, Stewart Penwell examines how the ethnic labels “the Jews” and “Samaritans” function in the Gospel of John.

Author : Pummer
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004666087
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Samaritans written by Pummer and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-09-20 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Flavius Josephus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Works of Flavius Josephus... written by Flavius Josephus and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: