Judah and Samaria in Postmonarchic Times

Essays on Their Histories and Literatures

by Gary N. Knoppers

Book cover: Judah and Samaria in Postmonarchic Times

Extent: 333 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies, Literary Studies

Series: Forschungen zum Alten Testament

Series volume number: 129

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(June 2019)

ISBN: 9783161568046

Price: $187.00

In stock

Focusing on Judean-Samarian interactions in Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman times, Gary N. Knoppers explores both commonalities and differences, rivalries and relationships, as these communities engaged one another in greater depth and complexity than scholars have previously thought. Some essays elucidate archaeological and epigraphic discoveries (Jerusalem, Mt. Gerizim excavations and inscriptions), while others illumine Jewish (Ezra, Chronicles, Josephus, Pseudo-Philo) and Samaritan (Samaritan 10th commandment, the Chronicon Samaritanum ) literary texts. How Judeans and Samarians responded to competing claims to Israel’s past by reinterpreting shared scriptures is a unifying theme in these eleven studies.

  • By (author) Gary N Knoppers