Jewish-Samaritan Relations (520 BCE-7th Century CE)

1. From Text to Tradition
   1. The Samaritan Schism
2. Historical Surveys
   1. James D. Purvis, and Eric Meyers. “Exile and Return: From the Babylonian Destruction to the Reconstruction of the Jewish State.” Part III
3. Primary Sources
   1. Ezra 4- The Samaritans and the Temple
   2. Josephus, Antiquities XI, 297-303- The High Priest and the Samaritans
   3. Esdras 2- Opposition to the Temple
   4. Abu’l Fath, Kitab Al-Tarikh- The Samaritan View of their Origins (Stenhouse Trans. From Anderson- The Keepers)
   5. 2 Kings 17- The Jewish View of Samaritan Origins
   6. Josephus, Antiquities XI, 75-108- Samaritans and the Restoration of the Temple
4. Secondary Sources
   1. The Samaritans, Reinhard Pummer, Bible Review (7: 5) 1991.
   2. Frank Moore Cross, “The Historical Importance of the Samaria Papyri,” Biblical Archaeology Review (4:1) 1978.
   3. Alan D. Crown, “The Abisha Scroll—3,000 Years Old?” Bible Review (7:5) 1991.