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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Autor principal: Pummer, Reinhard 1938- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 2016
En: Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Año: 2016, Volumen: 47, Número: 1, Páginas: 1-21
Otras palabras clave:B Samaritans Mount Gerizim sanctuary temple altar
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Publisher)
Parallel Edition:No electrónico
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:Online-Ressource
ISSN:1570-0631
Obras secundarias:In: Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700631-12340451