The Samaritans In Flavius Josephus

Author : Reinhard Pummer
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 3161501063

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The Samaritans in Flavius Josephus by Reinhard Pummer Pdf

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
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802867681

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The Samaritans by Reinhard Pummer Pdf

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 : Flavius Josephus
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9355399979

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Antiquities of the Jews ; Book - XVIII by Flavius Josephus Pdf

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 : Magnar Kartveit
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047440543

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The Origin of the Samaritans by Magnar Kartveit Pdf

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 : Magnar Kartveit
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004178199

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The Origin of the Samaritans by Magnar Kartveit Pdf

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
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9355399790

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Antiquities of the Jews ; Book - XI by Flavius Josephus Pdf

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 : Stewart Penwell
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004390706

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Jesus the Samaritan by Stewart Penwell Pdf

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
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789004666085

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The Samaritans by Pummer Pdf

Author : Flavius Josephus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Jews
ISBN : CUB:U183026661638

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The Works of Flavius Josephus... by Flavius Josephus Pdf

Author : Magnar Kartveit,Gary N. Knoppers
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110581416

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The Bible, Qumran, and the Samaritans by Magnar Kartveit,Gary N. Knoppers Pdf

Discoveries on Mount Gerizim and in Qumran demonstrate that the final editing of the Hebrew Bible coincides with the emergence of the Samaritans as one of the different types of Judaisms from the last centuries BCE. This book discusses this new scholarly situation. Scholars working with the Bible, especially the Pentateuch, and experts on the Samaritans approach the topic from the vantage point of their respective fields of expertise. Earlier, scholars who worked with Old Testament/Hebrew Bible studies mostly could leave the Samaritan material to experts in that area of research, and scholars studying the Samaritan material needed only sporadically to engage in Biblical studies. This is no longer the case: the pre-Samaritan texts from Qumran and the results from the excavations on Mount Gerizim have created an area of study common to the previously separated fields of research. Scholars coming from different directions meet in this new area, and realize that they work on the same questions and with much common material.This volume presents the current state of scholarship in this area and the effects these recent discoveries have for an understanding of this important epoch in the development of the Bible.

Author : Flavius Josephus
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9355399871

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Antiquities of the Jews ; Book - XII by Flavius Josephus Pdf

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 : Nicholas Peter Legh Allen,Pierre J. Jordaan,József Zsengellér
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000767322

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Passion, Persecution, and Epiphany in Early Jewish Literature by Nicholas Peter Legh Allen,Pierre J. Jordaan,József Zsengellér Pdf

This volume examines Jewish literature produced from c. 700 B.C.E. to c. 200 C.E. from a socio-theological perspective. In this context, it offers a scholarly attempt to understand how the ancient Jewish psyche dealt with times of extreme turmoil and how Jewish theology altered to meet the challenges experienced. The volume explores various early Jewish literature, including both the canonical and apocryphal scripture. Here, reference is often made to a divine epiphany (a moment of unexpected and prodigious revelation or insight) as a response to abuse, suffering and passion. Many of the chapters deal with these issues in relation to the Antiochan crisis of 169 to 164 B.C.E. in Judea, one of the more notable periods of oppression. This watershed event appears to have served as a catalyst for the new apocalyptic texts which were produced up until c. 200 C.E, and which reflect a new theological dynamic in Judaism – one that informed subsequent Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism. Passion, Persecution and Epiphany in Early Jewish Literature will be of interest to anyone working on the Bible (both Masoretic and LXX) and early Jewish literature, as well as students of Jewish history and the Levant in the classical period.

Author : Gary N. Knoppers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195329544

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Jews and Samaritans by Gary N. Knoppers Pdf

Engaged with previous scholarship and bringing to bear new material and literary evidence, this book offers a new understanding of the history, identity, and relationship of early Samaritans and Jews.

Author : Flavius Josephus
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 935539988X

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Antiquities of the Jews ; Book - XIII by Flavius Josephus Pdf

The book, "" Antiquities of the Jews; Book - XIII "", 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 : Gary N. Knoppers
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161568046

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Judah and Samaria in Postmonarchic Times by Gary N. Knoppers Pdf

"In eleven historical, literary, and theological essays, Gary N. Knoppers elucidates the shifting character of Judean-Samarian relations in Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman times. Engaging history, law, and narrative, these essays are vital to understanding early Jewish and Samaritan religion and scriptural interpretation."--Back cover