Balaam
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Balaam, son of Beor, was, according to the Bible, a gentile prophet and diviner who lived in Pethor, a place identified with the ancient city of Pitru, thought to have been located between the region
Balaam and the angel, painting from Gustav Jaeger, 1836
The Prophet Balaam and the Angel by John Linnell (1859)
Balaam and the Ass, by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1626
בלעם בן בעור – Artwork by esoteric artist Filippo Biagioli
Samaritan Pentateuch
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The Samaritan Pentateuch, also called the Samaritan Torah, is the sacred scripture of the Samaritans. Written in the Samaritan script, it dates back to one of the ancient versions of the Torah that ex
Detail of the Samaritan Pentateuch's oldest scroll, written in Samaritan Hebrew (Nablus, c. 1900–1920)
Samaritan and the Samaritan Torah
Quotations from the Torah in Samaritan script. Niche from a Samaritan's house in Damascus, Syria (15th–16th century CE). Islamic Art Museum, Berlin.
Samaritan Torah scrolls preserved in the Samaritan synagogue on Mount Gerizim