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Memar Marqah

Samaritan Scriptures

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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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Status
Canonical Status
Non-canonical 1
Its own record calls it "the principal secondary text alongside the Samaritan Pentateuch," outside the Pentateuch that is the actual Samaritan canon.
Structure
Structure
Covers 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. 1
Origins
Language
Aramaic 1
Attributed Author / Compiler
Marqah 1
Text
Literary Form
Commentary 1
Cross-Tradition 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
Samaritans, Cultures

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

Related To

Sources
1. The Samaritans: A Profile
Reinhard Pummer, William B. Eerdmans, 2016on the Memar Marqah and Marqah's theologyView the Source
Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd edition
Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik (eds.), Macmillan Reference USA, 2007s.v. Marqah, Memar MarqahView the Source
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