Samaritan Hebrew
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Samaritan Hebrew is a reading tradition used liturgically by the Samaritans for reading the Biblical Hebrew of the Samaritan Pentateuch.
Detail of the Samaritan Pentateuch's oldest scroll, written in Samaritan Hebrew (Nablus, c. 1900–1920)
Samaritan Mezuzah, Mount Gerizim
Samaritan Torah Scroll
Samaritan script
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The Samaritan Hebrew script, or simply Samaritan script, is the alphabet used by the Samaritans for their religious and liturgical writings. It serves as the script of the Samaritan Pentateuch, of tex
Samaritan Hebrew
…different from the Hebrew spoken by other local groups in the Second Temple period before Middle Aramaic supplanted it. Samaritan Hebrew is written in the Samaritan alphabet, a direct descendant of the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet, which in turn is a variant of the earlier Proto-Sinaitic script. The Samaritan alphabet is close to…
Samaritan Leviticus
4th-century Samaritan inscription from the Sha'alvim synagogue reading "The Lord will reign forever and ever," on display at the Good Samaritan Museum
Ancient inscription in Samaritan Hebrew. From a photo c. 1900 by the Palestine Exploration Fund.