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Die ontstaan van die Samaritane: ’n Kritiese herbesinning
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies | Vol 45, No 1 | a5755 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v45i1.5755
| © 2019 J. G.H. Venter
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 08 August 2019 | Published: 31 March 1989
Submitted: 08 August 2019 | Published: 31 March 1989
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The origin of the Samaritans re-examined
The traditional approach to the study of the origins of the Samaritans as a group or a nation usually takes 2 Kings 17 to be a description of their origin. The aim of this article is to show that there is little or no evidence in 2 Kings 17 pointing in this direction. Several factors in history and in ancient literature make it almost impossible to come to any definite conclusion as to the origin of the Samaritans as they are known to us in the New Testament.
The traditional approach to the study of the origins of the Samaritans as a group or a nation usually takes 2 Kings 17 to be a description of their origin. The aim of this article is to show that there is little or no evidence in 2 Kings 17 pointing in this direction. Several factors in history and in ancient literature make it almost impossible to come to any definite conclusion as to the origin of the Samaritans as they are known to us in the New Testament.
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