Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Thomas L. Thompson" <tlt AT teol.ku.dk>]

Dear Peter,
I do not presume to speak for Hjelm. My understanding is that she would not 
use the language of "separation already"; nor would she put a separation in 
some situation of 12th century Palestine. She rather uses historical 
arguments and rather understands, I believe, the regional state of Israel as 
the roots of Samaritan identity and a continuation of the people since the 
Assyrian period. On this, you might see her critique of Finkelstein and 
Silberman in her Jerusalem's Rise to Sovereignty.
 
I made a mistake in my citations the other day. Hjelm's article appears in 
the 2004 number óf Currents.
Thomas
Thomas L. Thompson
University of Copenhagen
 
 

        Peter Kirk wrote:
        So Hjelm supports my (provisional) position that there was a 
separation
        already in the 6th century BCE. But her claim of "always separate" is 
a
        dangerous one, especially if her excavations only go back to the 6th
        century. She rightly takes into consideration the Samaritans' own
        claims. These include a separation from the Judeans in about the 12th
        century BCE. Does Hjelm have any evidence that these two peoples were 
in
        fact separate even before this time?
        
        
        --
        Peter Kirk
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