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Author Knoppers, Gary N., 1956-2018

Title Jews and Samaritans : the origins and history of their early relations / Gary N. Knoppers
Published New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

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Contents Samaritans, Jews, and the contested legacy of classical Israel -- The fall of the Northern Kingdom and the ten lost tribes : a reevaluation -- God and country : the revival of Israelite religion in postexilic Samaria -- The fall of the Northern Kingdom as a new beginning in northern Israelite-southern Israelite relations -- A distinction without a difference? Samarian and Judean cultures during the Persian and early Hellenistic periods -- Ethnicity, communal identity, and imperial authority : contextualizing the conflicts between Samaria and Judah in Ezra-Nehemiah -- The Torah and "the place(s) for Yhwh's name" : Samarian-Judean relations in Hellenistic and Maccabean times -- An absolute breach?
Summary Covering over a thousand years of history (from the Assyrian exile in the eighth century BCE to late Roman times), this book makes an important contribution to the fields of Jewish studies biblical studies, ancient Near Eastern studies, Samaritan studies, and early Christian history by challenging the oppositional paradigm that has traditionally characterized the historical relations between Jews and Samaritans
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Samaritans -- Relations -- Judaism -- History
Judaism -- Relations -- Samaritans -- History
Lost tribes of Israel.
RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
Interfaith relations
Judaism
Lost tribes of Israel
Samaritans
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199716258
0199716250