Tradition Kept: The Literature of the Samaritans

by Terry Giles and Robert T. Anderson

In this volume, Samaritan experts Anderson and Giles have created an accessible introduction to the sacred literature of the Samaritans. The book features fresh translations of the most important and least available portions of this literature. It includes major historical works, liturgies, theological compositions, and even samplings of Samaritan astronomical and amulet texts. Students and scholars will particularly benefit from a bibliography that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801045487
• ISBN13: 9780801045486
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"