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
Torah
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The Torah is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The Torah is also known as the Pentateuch or the Five
Samaritan Pentateuch
…ࠕࠦࠅࠓࠡࠄ, Tūrā), 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 existed during the Second Temple period. It constitutes the entire biblical canon in Samaritanism. Some 6,000 differences exist between the Samaritan…
An opened Torah scroll (Book of Genesis part).
Reading pointers, or yad, to ensure more ordinal reading of the Torah.
An opened Torah scroll (Book of Numbers part), and a reading pointer (yad).
The supplementary hypothesis, one potential successor to the documentary hypothesis.