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The Tolidah or Tulida (
The Tolidah reached its final form in a manuscript copied by Jacob ben Harun in 1859
Manuscript and publication history
The history of the Tolidah itself is based primarily on information in the manuscript of 1859. It is partially corroborated by the composite nature of the text, which suggests that parts were written at different times.[3] The oldest section of the Tolidah was originally compiled in 1149 AD (554 AH) by Eleazar ben ׳Amram of Nablus. This chronicle was continued by Jacob ben Ishmael in 1346 AD (747 AH). Other scribes continued the work down to 1859.[2][3]
The Tolidah was brought to the attention of western scholarship by Adolf Neubauer, who purchased the manuscript of Jacob ben Harun, now MS or. 651 in the Bodleian Library, and published it in 1869. His edition was based on MS or. 651 and on a manuscript copied in 1797 AD (1212 AH) by Shlomo ben Ṭobiah, which he could not buy but was able to view for a few hours in Nablus.[2]
In 1870,
Contents
The first part of the Tolidah, written in Aramaic, is a discussion of the meridian that passes through Mount Gerizim.[2]
The genealogies of the patriarchs from
The most prominent Samaritan families are listed. Brief references to wider world exist solely to place these families in their context.
The continuation of 1346 provides a list of
Editions
- Neubauer, Adolf (1869). "Chronique Samaritaine, suivie d'un appendice contenant de notices sur quelques autres ouvrages samaritains". Journal Asiatique. 14: 385–470.
- Heidenheim, Moritz (1870). "Die samaritanische Chronik des Hohenpriesters Elasar aus dem 11. Jahrhundert übersetzt und erklärt". Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für englische theologische Forschung. 4: 347–89.
- Bowman, John (1954). Transcript of the Original Text of the Samaritan Chronicle Tolidah. Leeds: Leeds University Oriental Society.
- Bowman, John (1977). Samaritan Documents Relating to their History, Religion and Life: Translated and Edited by John Bowman. Pittsburgh: Pickwick. Cf. pp. 37–61.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - Florentin, Moshe (1999). The Tulida: A Samaritan Chronicle: Text, Translation Commentary. Jerusalem: Yitzhak Ben Zvi.
See also
- Samaritan Chronicle
- Chronicles of Jerahmeel
- The Asatir
References
- ^ Ze'ev Safrai, "The Land in Samaritan Literature", in Seeking out the Land: Land of Israel Traditions in Ancient Jewish, Christian and Samaritan Literature (200 BCE – 400 CE) (Leiden: Brill, 2018), p. 337>
- ^ a b c d e f g h Paul Stenhouse, "Samaritan Chronicles", in Alan David Crown (ed.), The Samaritans (Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 1989), pp. 218–65, at 218–19.
- ^ a b c d Magnar Kartveit, The Origin of the Samaritans (Leiden: Brill, 2009), pp. 24–27.
- ^ a b Benjamin Z. Kedar, "Samaritan History: The Frankish Period", in Alan David Crown (ed.), The Samaritans (Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 1989), pp. 82–94.
External links
- View document facsimile at the British Library website