Was There an Altar or a Temple in the Sacred Precinct on Mt. Gerizim?

After the recent excavations by Itzhak Magen on the main summit of Mount Gerizim it has become clear that the Samari(t)an sanctuary stood within a sacred precinct in the Persian and Hellenistic times. So far, no direct evidence of the nature of the sanctuary has been unearthed. The excavator and man...

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Auteur principal: Pummer, Reinhard 1938- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill 2016
Dans: Journal for the study of Judaism
Année: 2016, Volume: 47, Numéro: 1, Pages: 1-21
Sujets non-standardisés:B Samaritans Mount Gerizim sanctuary temple altar
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Verlag)
Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
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Résumé:After the recent excavations by Itzhak Magen on the main summit of Mount Gerizim it has become clear that the Samari(t)an sanctuary stood within a sacred precinct in the Persian and Hellenistic times. So far, no direct evidence of the nature of the sanctuary has been unearthed. The excavator and many contemporary scholars assume it was a temple building. However, some scholars question the accuracy of this assumption and believe that the sanctuary more likely was an altar. This paper reviews both the arguments that speak for an altar and those that speak for a walled and roofed temple.
ISSN:1570-0631
Contient:In: Journal for the study of Judaism
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700631-12340451