Samaritan Pentateuch
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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 (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samaritan Pentateuch canonical | 7 |
| Samaritan Targum | 1 |
| Torah as preserved in the Samaritan Pentateuch | 1 |
| Torah of Moses (Samaritan version) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4748373 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samaritan Pentateuch Context triple: [Mount Gerizim area, associatedWithScripturalTradition, Samaritan Pentateuch]
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A.
Septuagint
The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that became the primary Old Testament text for early Christians and Greek-speaking Jews.
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Peshitta
The Peshitta is the standard Syriac version of the Bible, historically central to Syriac Christianity’s scripture and liturgy.
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C.
Leningrad Codex
The Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, produced by the Masoretic tradition around 1008–1010 CE and serving as a primary textual basis for modern critical editions.
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D.
Aleppo Codex fragments
The Aleppo Codex fragments are surviving pieces of a 10th-century authoritative Hebrew Bible manuscript, renowned for their textual accuracy and historical significance in Jewish tradition.
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E.
Masoretic Text
The Masoretic Text is the authoritative Hebrew version of the Jewish Bible, meticulously preserved and standardized by Jewish scribes known as the Masoretes between the 7th and 10th centuries CE.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samaritan Pentateuch Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Septuagint
The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that became the primary Old Testament text for early Christians and Greek-speaking Jews.
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B.
Peshitta
The Peshitta is the standard Syriac version of the Bible, historically central to Syriac Christianity’s scripture and liturgy.
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C.
Leningrad Codex
The Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, produced by the Masoretic tradition around 1008–1010 CE and serving as a primary textual basis for modern critical editions.
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D.
Aleppo Codex fragments
The Aleppo Codex fragments are surviving pieces of a 10th-century authoritative Hebrew Bible manuscript, renowned for their textual accuracy and historical significance in Jewish tradition.
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E.
Masoretic Text
The Masoretic Text is the authoritative Hebrew version of the Jewish Bible, meticulously preserved and standardized by Jewish scribes known as the Masoretes between the 7th and 10th centuries CE.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical manuscript tradition
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religious text ⓘ version of the Torah ⓘ |
| attestedIn | Dead Sea Scrolls parallels ⓘ |
| canonicalScope | Pentateuch only ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | pre-Masoretic Hebrew textual traditions ⓘ |
| contains |
Book of Deuteronomy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book of Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Genesis NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Leviticus NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Numbers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCommandmentConcerning | altar on Mount Gerizim ⓘ |
| copiedIn | manuscript form ⓘ |
| dateOfCommunitySeparation | late Persian period ⓘ |
| dateOfTextualForm | 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| differsFrom |
Masoretic Text
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Septuagint NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes | Mount Gerizim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excludes |
Prophets
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Writings ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Samaritan theological perspectives ⓘ |
| keyTheologicalFeature |
centrality of Mount Gerizim
ⓘ
rejection of Jerusalem temple ⓘ |
| language | Samaritan Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernEditionsPublishedBy | biblical scholars ⓘ |
| notRecognizedAsCanonicalBy |
Rabbinic Judaism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mainstream Christianity ⓘ |
| numberOfDifferencesFromMasoreticText | approximately 6000 ⓘ |
| partOf | Samaritan Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedBy | Samaritan priestly families NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAsScriptureBy | Samaritan community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Greek Septuagint Pentateuch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Masoretic Pentateuch NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaritan Targum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousCommunity | Samaritans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Samaritanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Samaritan script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
biblical studies
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religious studies ⓘ textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| textualFamily | Samaritan textual tradition ⓘ |
| typeOfDifferences |
grammatical variants
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harmonizing readings ⓘ orthographic variants ⓘ theological alterations ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Samaritan law
NERFINISHED
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Samaritan liturgy NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaritan religious education ⓘ |
| veneratedAt | Mount Gerizim sanctuary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Samaritan Pentateuch Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Torah as preserved in the Samaritan Pentateuch
this entity surface form:
Samaritan Targum
this entity surface form:
Torah of Moses (Samaritan version)