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Review of Books / Journal for the Study of Judaism 42 (2011) 375-440 409 The Origin of the Samaritans. By Magnar Kartveit. (Supplements to Vetus Testa- mentum 128). Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2009. Pp. xiv, 408. Cloth with dust jacket. €125.00 / US$ 185.00. ISBN 978-90-04-17819-9. This “monograph” is a rewriting and conceptualization of his K.’s previous publi- cations and research on different topics of Samaritan studies. They are developed into a whole concept of the origin of this ancient religious group. The book is divided into nine chapters including an introduction which gives a flash on the major problems like onomastics, ethnicity and sources concerning the Samaritans. K.’s starting point is the presentation of the Samaritans’ origin by Josephus and by the Samaritans’ own traditions (17-43). Josephus interprets 2 Kgs 17 as the beginning of the Samaritans in the territory of the previous Northern Kingdom ( Ant. 9.278f; 9.288-291), and Neh 13:28 as the reason for the close religious connection between Jews and Samaritans ( Ant. 11.302f; 306-312). According to K., the Samaritan traditions which survived in medieval manuscripts and present the break between Jews and Israelites (Samaritans) at the end of the time of the Judges,
Journal for the Study of Judaism – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2011
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