Samaritan High Priest and Old Pentateuch
Samaritan High Priest and the Old Abisha Pentateuch. The Samaritan Pentateuch, sometimes called Samaritan Torah is a version of the Hebrew language Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, traditionally written in the Samaritan alphabet and used by the Samaritans. It constitutes their entire biblical canon. Samaritans attach special importance to the Abisha Scroll used in the Samaritan synagogue of Nablus - pictured on this card
Picture No
10691385
Media ID
46098402
Size
3206px x 5142px
(3.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / John Massey Stewart Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1920s
