The Origin of the Samaritans

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17819-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 128, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 862 g

Reihe: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kartveit, Magnar

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Magnar Kartveit, Teol. Dr. (1987), Uppsala University, Sweden, is Professor of Old Testament at the School of Mission and Theology, Stavanger, Norway. His publications include Motive und Schichten der Landtheologie in I Chronik 1-9 (Almquist & Wiksell, 1989).