COVER Front
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Samaritans in Antiquity Through the Eyes of Others
Chapter 2: For Samaritans, by Samaritans
Chapter 3: Samaritan Liturgy and Poetry: The Scholarly Context
Chapter 4: The Samaritan Literary Context
Chapter 5: Samaritan Piyyutim in the Context of Late Antique Hymnography
Chapter 6: Key Themes and Effects in Classical Samaritan Piyyut
Chapter 7: A Note on Texts and Translations
“Chapter 8: Since There Is No God but the One” (SL, 38–39; RPH, 41–43)
Chapter 9: Unto You Do We Pray, O Our Master” (SL, 39; RPH, 44–45)
Chapter 10: “O Steadfast One, Toward Whom Everything Bows” (SL, 39;RPH, 45–48)
Chapter 11: O Good One, Who Eternally Does Good” (SL, 40; RPH, 48–50)
Chapter 12: “The Almighty Is Powerfully Strong” (SL, 40; RPH, 51–53)
Chapter 13: “Great Is God, and None Like Him” (SL, 40–41; RPH, 53–55)
Chapter 14: “When You Rise Up at Daybreak” (SL, 41; RPH, 55–57)
Chapter 15: “You Are the Glory, O God Concealed from All” (SL, 41–42;RPH, 57–59)
Chapter 16: “Imposing and Fearsome Fences” (SL, 42; RPH, 59–62)
Chapter 17: “The King Who Is over All” (SL, 42; RPH, 62–65)
Chapter 18: “Exalted God, Hear Our Voice” (SL, 46; RPH, 65–67)
Chapteer 18: “Lo, a Great Glory Is the Glory of the Sabbath Day” (SL, 44;RPH, 67–69)
Chapter 19: “We Have Arisen from Our Slumber” (SL, 43–44; RPH, 70–72)
Chapter 20: “Great Is the God Who So Desires” (SL, 45–46; RPH, 72–73)
Chapter 21: “O Faithful One, O Steadfast One” (SL, 46; RPH, 74–75)
Chapter 22: “God, Exalted and Honored” (SL, 45–46; RPH, 79–80)
Chapter 23: “To God, the Mighty and Triumphant” (SL, 46–47; RPH,80–82)
Chapter 24: “Blessed Is the House of Jacob” (SL, 47; RPH, 82–84)
Chapter 25: “Great Is God, Who Thus Commanded” (SL, 47; RPH, 84–86)
Chapter 26: “O Beneficent Rememberer Who Does Not Forget” (SL, 47–48;RPH, 86–88)
Chapter 27: “You Are the One Who Created the World” (RPH, 89–94; D,226–28)
Chapter 28: “Who Can Reckon Your Greatness?” (SL, 31–32; RPH, 94–100;D, 64–65)
Chapter 1: “May You Be Worshipped and Praised” (SL, 27–28; RPH, 100–104; D, 73–74)
Chapter 2: “You Are the One to Whom Divinity Belongs” (SL, 28; RPH,105–10; D, 87–89)
Chapter 3: “You Who Were Our Creator” (SL, 30; RPH, 110–17; D, 93–95)
Chpter 4: O Merciful God, Rescue Us” (SL, 29–30; RPH, 117–22; D,105–7)
Chapter 5: “Gaze upon Us, O Our Master” (SL, 12–14; RPH, 133–46; SAP433–39)
Chapter 6: “God Who Shall Be Worshipped” (SL, 16–17; RPH, 146–53; SAP439–40; D, 198–99)
Chapter 7: “You Are Our God (2)” (SL, 18–19; RPH, 159–65; D, 201–3)
Chapter 8: “It Is Incumbent upon Us” (SL, 19–20; RPH, 166–71; D, 204–5)
Chapter 9: “Render Praise unto Him” (SL, 20–21; RPH, 171–76; D, 206–7)
Chater 10: “You Are the Merciful One” (SL, 21–22; RPH, 176–82; D, 208–9)
Chapter 11: “Happy Are We” (SL, 22–23; RPH, 182–87; D, 210–12)
Chapter 12: “God Is the First” (SL, 23–24; RPH, 188–93; D, 212–13)
Chapter 13: “O God, O Enduring One” (SL, 24–25; RPH, 193–98; D, 214–15)
Chapter 14: “O God, O Singular One” (SL, 25–26; RPH, 198–203; D, 216–18)
Chapter 15: “O God, ‘El Elyon’ ” (SL, 25–26; RPH, 203–8; D, 218–20)
Chapter 16: “Lo, the Merciful King” (SL, 26–27; RPH, 208–14; D, 220–21)
Chapter 17: “Lo, Our Souls Are Sated” (SL, 60–62; RPH, 214–23; SAP 440–44; D, 290–94)
Chapter 18: “God, upon Mount Sinai” (SL, 50–51, 877–78; RPH, 224–27[ll. 1–49]; D, 271–75)
“Chapter 19: This Is His Great Writing” (SL, 53–55; RPH, 228–38 [ll. 1–75,76–141, 142–71])
Chapter 20: “Come in Peace, O Day of Fasting” (SL, 62–63 [ll. 1–36], 666[ll. 37–44]; RPH, 238–41)
Chapter 21: “O Good One, in Whom the One Who Hopes” (SL, 85; RPH,241–45; D, 244–45)
Chapter 22: “You Are the One Who Created the World” (SL, 67–68; RPH,244–47; D, 161–62)
Chapter 23: “You Are the Great Writing” (SL, 55–56; RPH, 247–50; D,280–82)
Chapter 24: “Lo, the Radiant and Holy Writing” (SL, 56–58; RPH, 250–53[ll. 1–41]; D, 282–86)
Chapter 25: “This Is the Great Writing” (SL, 56; RPH, 254)
Chapter 1: Amram Dare (Amram the Elder)
Chapter 2: Marqe ben Amram
Chapter 3: Ninna ben Marqe
Bibliography
Index