A Samaritan Chronicle: A Source-Critical Analysis of the Life and Times of the Great Samaritan Reformer, Baba Rabbah (Studia Post Biblica)

Introduction -- Hebrew Text -- Translation -- Commentary -- The Chronicle. H1 And H2 Versions, And The Problem Of Dating The Chronicle -- Judaistic Psalm-verses In A Samaritan Chronicle -- The Legend Of The Speaking Bird In The Light Of Rabbinic Polemic -- Samaritan Fire-practices In The Light Of The Mishnaic Accusation -- Linguistic Features Of H1 And H2 -- Baba Rabbah -- His Life And Times. By Jeffrey M. Cohen. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [239]-243. Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 8 Preface 10 Abbreviations 12 Specimen Folio of Chronicle II 15 I. Introduction 16 II. Hebrew Text 21 III. Translation 73 IV. Commentary 125 V. The Chronicle. H1 and H2 Versions, and the Problem of Dating the Chronicle 189 VI. Judaistic Psalm-Verses in a Samaritan Chronicle 208 VII. The Legend of the Speaking Bird in the Light of Rabbinic Polemic 213 VIII. Samaritan Fire-Practices in the Light of a Mishnaic Accusation 220 IX. Linguistic Features of H1 and H2 227 X. Baba Rabbah — His Life and Times 239 Bibliography 254 Index 260