The Origin of the Samaritans

Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. The Legacy from Josephus
	2.1. Josephus\' Version of the Origin of the Samaritans
	2.2. The Church Fathers
	2.3. The Samaritan Version of the Origin:The Chronicles
		Background in Josephus
		The Tolidah /Chronicle Neubauer
		The Kitab al-Tarikh by Abu\"l Fath
		The Arabic Book of Joshua
		The New Chronicle /Chronicle Adler
		Chronicle II
3. State of the Question
	3.1. The Impact of the Samaritan Version
	3.2. Josephus\' Version Mirrored in Scholarship
		The Cross-PurvisHypothesis
		R. J. Coggins\' Model: Estrangement, and no Reconciliation
		\"Cain and Abel\"
4. Josephus on the Origin of the Samaritans
	4.1. Terminology and Sources
	4.2. Josephus\' Tendenz
		Opportunism
	4.3. The First Story: An Eastern Origin
	4.4. The Second Story: Origin from Jerusalem and Construction of the Temple
	4.5. TheThird Story: Sidonians
	4.6. The Destruction of the Temple
	4.7. Further Information on the Samaritans
	4.8. Summing up so Far
	4.9. Genesis 34 in Josephus\' Rendering
5. Josephus\' Predecessors
	5.1. Genesis 34
	5.2. Genesis 34 Interpreted in the LXX
	5.3. Demetrius the Exegete and Chronographer
	5.4. Theodotus
	5.5. Sirach 5:25–26
	5.6. Jubilees 3
	5.7. 4QNarrative and Poetic Compositiona-c
	5.8. Aramaic Levi Document and Testament of Levi
	5.9. Judith
	5.10. Joseph and Aseneth
	5.11. Philo
	5.12. Pseudo-Philo
	5.13. Genesis 34 in the Samaritan Pentateuch
	5.14. Conclusions
6. Samaritan Inscriptions and Related Texts
	6.1. Excavations
		Shechem/Tell Balatah
		Tell er-Ras
		Mount Gerizim/ Jabal at-Tur
	6.2. The Inscriptions fromMount Gerizim
	6.3. The Inscriptions fromDelos
		Excursus: Later Samaritan Inscriptions
	6.4. Texts with \"Argarizein\"
		2Maccabees 5:23 and 6:2
		Josephus\' War 1.63
		Masada Fragment 1
		Pseudo-Eupolemus
	6.5. Summary
7. The Pentateuch that the Samaritans Chose
	7.1. The Samaritan Pentateuch in theWest
	7.2. The Predecessors of the Samaritan Pentateuch in Qumran
	7.3. TheMajor Expansions
		4QExod-Levf = 4Q17
		4QpaleoExodm = 4Q22
		4QNumb = 4Q27
		RP = 4Q158: a, 4Q364: b, 365: c, 366: d, 367: e
		4Q175
	7.4. Explanations
	7.5. A Layer ofMajor Expansions
	7.6. Script
	7.7. The Samaritan Tenth Commandment
	7.8. Moses as a Prophet in the Durran
	7.9. Conclusion
		Excursus: Deuteronomy 27:4 in the Old Greek Papyrus Giessen 19 and in the Old Latin Lyon Manuscript, and the Altar-Pericope in Joshua 8:3–35
		Chart 1: Major Expansions in the Samaritan Pentateuch: Gen 1–Exod 11
		Chart 2: Major Expansions in the Samaritan Pentateuch: Exod 12–Deut 34
8. The Samaritan Attitude to the Prophets
	8.1. A Prophet likeMoses
	8.2. The Canon of the Prophets
	8.3. The Ascension of Isaiah
		Literary Analysis
		The Oldest Stratum
		The Accusations against Isaiah
	8.4. 4QList of False Prophets ar /4Q339
	8.5. False Prophets fromthe North
	8.6. True and False Prophets
	8.7. Conclusion
9. The Origin of the Samaritans
	9.1. The Construction of the Temple
	9.2. The Biblical Evidence
Bibliography
Index of Ancient Sources
Index ofModern Authors
Subject Index