Jewish-Samaritan Relations (520 BCE-7th Century CE)

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1. From Text to Tradition
   1. The Samaritan Schism
2. Historical Surveys
   1. James D. Purvis, and Eric Meyers. “Exile and Return: From the Babylonian Destruction to the Reconstruction of the Jewish State.” Part III
3. Primary Sources
   1. Ezra 4: The Samaritans and the Temple
   2. Josephus, Antiquities XI, 297-303: The High Priest and the Samaritans
   3. Esdras 2: Opposition to the Temple
   4. Abu’l Fath, Kitab Al-Tarikh: The Samaritan View of their Origins (Stenhouse Trans. From Anderson: The Keepers)
   5. 2 Kings 17: The Jewish View of Samaritan Origins
   6. Josephus, Antiquities XI, 75-108: Samaritans and the Restoration of the Temple
4. Secondary Sources
   1. Reinhard Pummer. “The Samaritans.” Bible Review 7, 5 (1991).
   2. Frank Moore Cross. “The Historical Importance of the Samaria Papyri.” Biblical Archaeology Review 4, 1, (1978).
   3. Alan D. Crown. “The Abisha Scroll—3,000 Years Old?” Bible Review 7, 5 (1991).
5. Images
   1. Wadi Daliyeh, a Samaritan refuge, 4th century BCE.
   2. Coins discovered at Wadi Daliyeh, 4th century BCE.
   3. Fragment of the Wadi Daliyeh Papyri mentioning the Samaritan governor Sanballat, 4th century BCE.
   4. Page of the Samaritan Pentateuch.
   5. Site of the Samaritan Temple on Mt. Gerizim with the remains of a Byzantine church, destroyed by the Hasmonean king John Hyrcanus in 129 BCE.
   6. Modern Samaritans.
   7. The Samaritan High Priest Jacob ben Aaron, served 1874-1916.
   8. A member of the contemporary Samaritan community.
   9. Gateway to a contemporary Samaritan synagogue Holon, Israel.