The Memar Marqah (Teaching of Marqah) is the most important work of Samaritan theology outside the Pentateuch itself, a fourth century CE Aramaic compilation of homiletic and liturgical material attributed to the Samaritan sage Marqah, covering the life of Moses and core Samaritan doctrine, and standing as the principal secondary text alongside the Samaritan Pentateuch in Samaritan religious literature.
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Origins
Era of Compositioncomposed in the 4th century by the sage Marke ben Amram ben Sared 1 Attributed Author / Compiler Text
Literary Form Structure
StructureCovers the life of Moses and core Samaritan doctrine through homiletic and liturgical material; stands as the principal secondary text alongside the Samaritan Pentateuch in Samaritan religious literature. 2 Status
Canonical StatusIts own record calls it "the principal secondary text alongside the Samaritan Pentateuch," outside the Pentateuch that is the actual Samaritan canon. Connections
Associated With
Moses, Figures This source names Moses directly: "sage Marqah, covering the life of Moses and core Samaritan doctrine, and standing as the principal secondary text alongside the Samaritan Pentateuch in Samaritan religious literature."
Source The Samaritans: A ProfileReinhard Pummer
This source names Samaritans directly: "The Memar Marqah (Teaching of Marqah) is the most important work of Samaritan theology outside the Pentateuch itself, a fourth century CE Aramaic compilation of homiletic and liturgical material..."
Source The Samaritans: A ProfileReinhard Pummer
Belongs to Tradition
Source The Samaritans: A ProfileReinhard Pummer
In Language
Originates in Language
Source The Samaritans: A ProfileReinhard Pummer
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1. Marqah (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Marqah, lead sectionQuote, Wikipedia: Marqah, lead section
The Memar Marqah, or The teaching of Marqah, is a homiletic tractate on the Samaritan Torah composed in the 4th century by the sage Marke ben Amram ben Sared, a contemporary of Baba Rabba.
2. The Samaritans: A Profile
Reinhard Pummer, William B. Eerdmans, 2016- on the Memar Marqah and Marqah's theology
- Originates in Language: Aramaic, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: aramaic
View the Source Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd edition
Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik (eds.), Macmillan Reference USA, 2007s.v. Marqah, Memar MarqahView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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