SV: [b-hebrew] Re: Samaritan-Hebrew Schism
Thomas L. Thompson
tlt at teol.ku.dk
Sat Mar 19 05:25:38 EST 2005
Ingrid Hjelm (The Samaritans and Early Judaism 2000 and Jerusalem's Rise to Sovereignty 2004) argues that Samaritans and Jews were two parallel developments. The Samaritans also have their own independent chronicle tradition, including a Book of Joshua. Recent excavations on Gerizim have uncovered a temple from the early 5th/ early 4th centuries (cf. Hjelm in Currents 2005).
Thomas
Thomas L. Thompson
University of Copenhagen
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Fra: b-hebrew-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org på vegne af Peter Kirk
Sendt: lø 19-03-2005 01:22
Til: Chris Weimer
Cc: b-hebrew at lists.ibiblio.org
Emne: Re: [b-hebrew] Re: Samaritan-Hebrew Schism
On 18/03/2005 19:58, Chris Weimer wrote:
> ...
> They more than likely split after Yahwism was an established religion
> in the north, since their ideology so clearly revolves around the
> Torah and Torah only. Most likely it was after the return from the
> exile and probably about the time lesser deities started to disappear
> (Asherah et al), which would give it around the 3rd century BCE. ...
But surely the Torah only ideology suggests a split in a period before
the other books were widely accepted. Of course there is doubt about
when that was, but there is a good chance that it was not long after
they were written, and so perhaps at the time of the Exile or not long
after.
And how would you answer my evidence for a split before the Elephantine
letters? Additional evidence for a developing split already in the 5th
century comes from the memoirs of Nehemiah.
What kind of evidence is there for Asherah etc worship in the Samaria
region up to the 3rd century?
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