Samaritan Pentateuch

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The Samaritan Pentateuch is the version of the Torah preserved by the Samaritan community, distinguished by its unique textual tradition and its emphasis on Mount Gerizim as the chosen holy site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical manuscript tradition
religious text
version of the Torah
attestedIn Dead Sea Scrolls parallels
canonicalScope Pentateuch only
closelyRelatedTo pre-Masoretic Hebrew textual traditions
contains Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Exodus
Book of Genesis
Book of Leviticus
Book of Numbers
containsCommandmentConcerning altar on Mount Gerizim
copiedIn manuscript form
dateOfCommunitySeparation late Persian period
dateOfTextualForm 1st millennium BCE
differsFrom Masoretic Text
Septuagint
emphasizes Mount Gerizim
linked to: Mount Gerizim area
excludes Prophets
Writings
influencedBy Samaritan theological perspectives
keyTheologicalFeature centrality of Mount Gerizim
rejection of Jerusalem temple
language Samaritan Hebrew
modernEditionsPublishedBy biblical scholars
notRecognizedAsCanonicalBy Rabbinic Judaism
mainstream Christianity
numberOfDifferencesFromMasoreticText approximately 6000
partOf Samaritan Bible
preservedBy Samaritan priestly families
recognizedAsScriptureBy Samaritan community
linked to: Samaritanism
relatedWork Greek Septuagint Pentateuch
linked to: Septuagint

Masoretic Pentateuch
linked to: Masoretic Text

Samaritan Targum
linked to: Targums
religiousCommunity Samaritans
religiousTradition Samaritanism
script Samaritan script
studiedInField biblical studies
religious studies
textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible
textualFamily Samaritan textual tradition
typeOfDifferences grammatical variants
harmonizing readings
orthographic variants
theological alterations
usedFor Samaritan law
linked to: Samaritanism

Samaritan liturgy
Samaritan religious education
veneratedAt Mount Gerizim sanctuary
linked to: Mount Gerizim area

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Samaritanism scriptureName Samaritan Pentateuch
Biblia Hebraica Quinta comparesWith Samaritan Pentateuch
Samaritan script usedIn Samaritan Pentateuch
Methuselah appearsIn Samaritan Pentateuch
Samaritans primaryScripture Samaritan Pentateuch
Samaritans religiousLaw Torah as preserved in the Samaritan Pentateuch
linked to: Samaritan Pentateuch
Samaritans historicalText Samaritan Targum
linked to: Samaritan Pentateuch
Masoretic Text contrastedWith Samaritan Pentateuch
Samaritans of Shechem maintainsText Samaritan Pentateuch
Samaritans of Shechem scriptureName Torah of Moses (Samaritan version)
linked to: Samaritan Pentateuch
Samaritan Pentateuch partOf Samaritan Bible
linked to: Samaritan Pentateuch
Samaritan Hebrew associatedText Samaritan Pentateuch
Samaritan liturgy basedOnText Samaritan Pentateuch
Samaritan calendar follows Samaritan Pentateuch
Shamerim relatedConcept Samaritan Pentateuch