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The Samaritan script is used by the Samaritans for religious writings, including the Samaritan Pentateuch, writings in Samaritan Hebrew, and for commentaries and translations in Samaritan Aramaic and occasionally Arabic . History of the alphabet. Graphical descent from Egyptian hieroglyphs.
- Samaritan Hebrew
Samaritan Hebrew is written in the Samaritan alphabet, a...
- Paleo-Hebrew alphabet
Samaritan alphabet. A page from the Samaritan version of...
- Samaritan Hebrew
The Samaritan alphabet is still used by Samaritans in the city of Nablus and in the Samaritan quarter of Holon. There are currently just over 700 Samaritans. Notable features. Type of writing system: abjad / consonant alphabet. Vowels indicated with diacritics. Writing direction: right to left in horizontal lines. Used to write
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The Samaritan Pentateuch (SP) is the oldest Paleo-Hebrew Bible manuscript in the world. Although the extant copy is 1065 AD the Samaritans acquired it from Josiah around 610 BC. Samaritan theology venerates Joshua’s altar on Mt. Gerizim at Shechem and rejects all scripture except for the first five books of Moses. (Torah).
Summarize this article for a 10 year old. SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. The Samaritan script is used by the Samaritans for religious writings, including the Samaritan Pentateuch, writings in Samaritan Hebrew, and for commentaries and translations in Samaritan Aramaic and occasionally Arabic.
Samaritan vocalization. The Samaritan vocalization (or Samaritan pointing, Samaritan niqqud, Hebrew: ניקוד שומרוני) is a system of diacritics used with the Samaritan script to indicate vowel quality and gemination which reflects Samaritan Hebrew.
