The Samaritan Pentateuch

by William Eleazar Barton

Book Overview

From the introductory. For several years prior to my tour of Palestine in 1902, I had noted with interest the accounts, in books on biblical antiquities, of the Holy Scroll at Nablus. This manuscript, containing the Pentateuch, is believed to be the oldest manuscript in existence of any portion of the Bible. As the priests show it with great reluctance, and are supposed to exhibit it, even to their own people, only once a year, on the Day of Atonement,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0359088538
• ISBN13: 9780359088539
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great read but not the actual penateuch.

It is far from what I thought it was. I was wanting a copy of the actual book. This history was educational but, not what I wanted