Samaritan Pentateuch

E467832

The Samaritan Pentateuch is the version of the Torah preserved by the Samaritan community, distinguished by its unique textual tradition and its emphasis on Mount Gerizim as the chosen holy site.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical manuscript tradition ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
version of the Torah ⓘ
attestedIn Dead Sea Scrolls parallels ⓘ
canonicalScope Pentateuch only ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo pre-Masoretic Hebrew textual traditions ⓘ
contains Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
Book of Exodus ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ
Book of Leviticus ⓘ
Book of Numbers ⓘ
containsCommandmentConcerning altar on Mount Gerizim ⓘ
copiedIn manuscript form ⓘ
dateOfCommunitySeparation late Persian period ⓘ
dateOfTextualForm 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
differsFrom Masoretic Text ⓘ
Septuagint ⓘ
emphasizes Mount Gerizim ⓘ
linked to: Mount Gerizim area
excludes Prophets ⓘ
Writings ⓘ
influencedBy Samaritan theological perspectives ⓘ
keyTheologicalFeature centrality of Mount Gerizim ⓘ
rejection of Jerusalem temple ⓘ
language Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
modernEditionsPublishedBy biblical scholars ⓘ
notRecognizedAsCanonicalBy Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
mainstream Christianity ⓘ
numberOfDifferencesFromMasoreticText approximately 6000 ⓘ
partOf Samaritan Bible ⓘ
preservedBy Samaritan priestly families ⓘ
recognizedAsScriptureBy Samaritan community ⓘ
linked to: Samaritanism
relatedWork Greek Septuagint Pentateuch ⓘ
linked to: Septuagint

Masoretic Pentateuch ⓘ
linked to: Masoretic Text

Samaritan Targum ⓘ
linked to: Targums
religiousCommunity Samaritans ⓘ
religiousTradition Samaritanism ⓘ
script Samaritan script ⓘ
studiedInField biblical studies ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ
textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
textualFamily Samaritan textual tradition ⓘ
typeOfDifferences grammatical variants ⓘ
harmonizing readings ⓘ
orthographic variants ⓘ
theological alterations ⓘ
usedFor Samaritan law ⓘ
linked to: Samaritanism

Samaritan liturgy ⓘ
Samaritan religious education ⓘ
veneratedAt Mount Gerizim sanctuary ⓘ
linked to: Mount Gerizim area

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samaritanism → scriptureName → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ
Biblia Hebraica Quinta → comparesWith → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ
Samaritan script → usedIn → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ
Methuselah → appearsIn → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ
Samaritans → primaryScripture → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ
Samaritans → religiousLaw → Torah as preserved in the Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ
linked to: Samaritan Pentateuch
Samaritans → historicalText → Samaritan Targum ⓘ
linked to: Samaritan Pentateuch
Masoretic Text → contrastedWith → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ
Samaritans of Shechem → maintainsText → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ
Samaritans of Shechem → scriptureName → Torah of Moses (Samaritan version) ⓘ
linked to: Samaritan Pentateuch
Samaritan Pentateuch → partOf → Samaritan Bible ⓘ
linked to: Samaritan Pentateuch
Samaritan Hebrew → associatedText → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ
Samaritan liturgy → basedOnText → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ
Samaritan calendar → follows → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ
Shamerim → relatedConcept → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ