Samaritan service for Sabbath Eve

AUCTION 41 | Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Graphic Art

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Lot 346

(SAMARITAN LITURGY).

Samaritan service for Sabbath Eve

Samaritan script. Colophon in Arabic. Scribe: As'ad son of Ab Sikkuwwa ff. (28). Trace foxed. Contemporary cloth. 12mo

Land of Israel: c.1850

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $700

The Samaritans practice a Biblical - as opposed to Rabbinic - Judaism. The schism between the Samaritans and the Jews may be traced back to the end of the First, beginning of the Second Temple. Today, there are but 650 Samaritans living in two communities in Israel, Nablus and Holon. They may very well be the tiniest ethno-religious community in the world today