Samaritan service for Sabbath Eve

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $700

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(SAMARITAN LITURGY).

Place

Land of Israel

Publication

c.1850

Description

Samaritan script. Colophon in Arabic. Scribe: As'ad son of Ab Sikkuwwa

summary

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

ff. (28). Trace foxed. Contemporary cloth. 12mo

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