Samaritan Pentateuch

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biblical manuscript tradition religious text version of the Torah

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Samaritan Targum	1
Torah as preserved in the Samaritan Pentateuch	1
Torah of Moses (Samaritan version)	1

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 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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ religious studies ⓘ textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
textualFamily	Samaritan textual tradition ⓘ
typeOfDifferences	grammatical variants ⓘ harmonizing readings ⓘ orthographic variants ⓘ theological alterations ⓘ
usedFor	Samaritan law NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaritan liturgy NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaritan religious education ⓘ
veneratedAt	Mount Gerizim sanctuary NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Mount Gerizim area → associatedWithScripturalTradition → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ

Biblia Hebraica Quinta → comparesWith → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ

Samaritan script → usedIn → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ

Methuselah → appearsIn → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ

Samaritans → primaryScripture → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ

Samaritans → religiousLaw → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Torah as preserved in the Samaritan Pentateuch

Samaritans → historicalText → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samaritan Targum

Masoretic Text → contrastedWith → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ

Samaritans of Shechem → maintainsText → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ

Samaritans of Shechem → scriptureName → Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Torah of Moses (Samaritan version)