Is There a Samaritan Identity in the Earliest Documents?

Becking, Bob

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“…Much of the modern scholarship on Samaritans has focused on their origins (e.g., Becking 2012; Knoppers 2013). In one respect, this emphasis might seem questionable.…”

Section: Samaritan Origins and Samaritan Identitymentioning

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Samaritans, Biblical Studies, and Ancient Judaism: Recent Trends

Chalmers

2021

Currents in Biblical Research

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In this article, I survey recent trends in Samaritan studies, with a particular focus on biblical studies and the interactions of Samaritan Israelites with other religious traditions. While remaining entrenched in discussion of the origins of Samaritans, scholars have firmly embraced the idea of processual Samaritan identity, emerging over time and in a non-genealogical sense alongside and interwoven with Judean/Jewish self-definition. Extensive work clusters, in particular, at three nodes: the study of Hebrew-language scriptures, archaeological excavations, and the remodelling of identity-production in a constructivist form. I also sketch out the directions in which the field is moving, with growing and productive emphasis on Aramaic, Arabic, and late antiquity. Finally, I identify some of the quirks of Samaritan studies as it might be encountered, in particular a continued effort to salvage Samaritans for biblical studies, somewhat intermittent interdisciplinarity, and practices of engagement with Samaritan Israelites themselves.

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“…Much of the modern scholarship on Samaritans has focused on their origins (e.g., Becking 2012; Knoppers 2013). In one respect, this emphasis might seem questionable.…”

Section: Samaritan Origins and Samaritan Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Samaritans, Biblical Studies, and Ancient Judaism: Recent Trends

Chalmers

2021

Currents in Biblical Research

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On the relationship of Judah and Samaria in post-exilic times: A farewell to the conflict paradigm

Hensel

2019

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

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The relationship of Judah and Samaria in the period from the 6th to the 2nd century B.C.E is currently still being described as an uninterrupted period of ongoing conflicts between Samarian and Judean YHWH-worshippers. This article examines evidence which offers an entirely different picture of Samarian–Judean relations in the post-exilic period: in the Levant in post-exilic times, there were two homologous Yahwisms in Judah and Samaria which existed side by side. It is for this reason that, when studying this formative period, scholars should give due consideration not only to Judah, but also to the North as well.

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Einleitung. Begründungen für die Neukonstituierung des nachexilischen Israel

Häusl¹

2017

Denkt Nicht Mehr an Das Frühere!

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Is There a Samaritan Identity in the Earliest Documents?

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Samaritans, Biblical Studies, and Ancient Judaism: Recent Trends

Samaritans, Biblical Studies, and Ancient Judaism: Recent Trends

On the relationship of Judah and Samaria in post-exilic times: A farewell to the conflict paradigm

Einleitung. Begründungen für die Neukonstituierung des nachexilischen Israel

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