A Samaritan is a member of a Jewish-related community centered in Samaria with its own version of the Torah and distinct religious traditions. Samaritans trace their identity to ancient Israel but developed practices separate from Jerusalem-based Judaism.
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- Sperling, S. David, The Original Torah: The Political Intent of the Bible’s Writers
- Germany, Stephen, "The Attestation of the Book-Seam between Deuteronomy and Joshua in the Early Textual Witnesses" in Berner, Christoph, et al. (eds.) Book-Seams in the Hexateuch I: The Literary Transition between the Books of Genesis/Exodus and Joshua/Judges
- Wright, David P., Inventing God's Law: How the Covenant Code of the Bible Used and Revised the Laws of Hammurabi
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