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Classical Samaritan Poetry (Hardcover)
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Classical Samaritan Poetry (Hardcover)
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This book introduces the evocative but largely unknown tradition of
Samaritan religious poetry from late antiquity to a new audience.
These verses provide a unique window into the Samaritan religious
world during a formative period. Prepared by Laura Suzanne Lieber,
this anthology presents annotated English translations of
fifty-five Classical Samaritan poems. Lieber introduces each piece,
placing it in context with Samaritan religious tradition, the
geopolitical turmoil of Palestine in the fourth century CE, and the
literary, liturgical, and performative conventions of the Eastern
and Western Roman Empires, shared by Jews, Christians, and
polytheists. These hymns, composed by three generations of
poets-the priest Amram Dara; his son, Marqah; and Marqah's son,
Ninna, the last poet to write in Samaritan Aramaic in the period
prior to the Muslim conquest-for recitation during the Samaritan
Sabbath and festival liturgies remain a core element of Samaritan
religious ritual to the present day. Shedding important new light
on the Samaritans' history and on the complicated connections
between early Judaism, Christianity, the Samaritan community, and
nascent Islam, this volume makes an important contribution to the
reception of the history of the Hebrew Bible. It will appeal to a
wide audience of students and scholars of the Hebrew Bible, the New
Testament, early Judaism and early Christianity, and other
religions of late antiquity.
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