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Samaritan Pentateuch

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Samaritan Hebrew five-book tradition sharing an older textual history, with linguistic and theological variants, including readings involving Mount Gerizim.

Modern map of textual plurality, not a settled genealogy. Affinities with Masoretic, Greek or pre-Samaritan witnesses do not divide all copies into three closed families. The Samaritan Pentateuch shares earlier history and includes Gerizim readings
Modern map of textual plurality, not a settled genealogy. Affinities with Masoretic, Greek or pre-Samaritan witnesses do not divide all copies into three closed families. The Samaritan Pentateuch shares earlier history and includes Gerizim readingsModern diagram by IL Archive · CC BY 4.0 · CC BYLicense · Image source

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Samaritan scripture

The five books are the Samaritans’ central scripture, with differences from the Jewish Masoretic textMasoretic TextA Hebrew textual transmission and reading tradition, compared in textual criticism with ancient manuscripts and translations.Glossary · Click to read the explanation involving wording, language and cult place.[1]

A textual history

Manuscripts and translations reveal shared history alongside communal developments. Persian/Hellenistic origins remain debated; variants cannot all be reduced to changes to a fixed Jewish text.[2] The image is a modern map of plurality, not an ancient Samaritan manuscript.

References and notes

  1. Ingrid Hjelm (2020). The Samaritan and Jewish Versions of the Pentateuch: A Survey. Religions 11(2), 85. doi:10.3390/rel11020085. University abstract: Samaritan five-book Bible, shared tradition, textual/theological variants and cult place. Full article not read. Return to the text ↑
  2. Magnar Kartveit (2021). The Pentateuch and the Samaritans. The Oxford Handbook of the Pentateuch, pp. 95–110. Witnesses, variants and reconstruction of origins across Persian/Hellenistic periods. Publisher abstract only; full chapter not read. Return to the text ↑

Research history

Substantive changes are retained here. Minor copy edits remain in the internal operational log.

  1. Edition 2 · 11 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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IL Archive, «Samaritan Pentateuch», Edition 2, https://ilarchive.com/en/entities/samaritan-pentateuch