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MSU's Chamberlain Warren Samaritan Collection includes this piece of marble dating from before the sixth century. It bears an inscription from Exodus and may have been part of a synagogue doorway. Photo by G.L. Kohuth |
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Detail of a brass scroll case inlaid with silver dating from the 16th century. Photo by G.L. Kohuth. |
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One of three Pentateuchs in MSU's Chamberlain Warren Samaritan Collection, written more than 500 years ago in Egypt and Syria. Photo by G.L. Kohuth. |
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MSU's WIDE project will create an online environment in which users can view and interpret items such as this Pentateuch. Photo by G.L. Kohuth. |
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Samaritan elder Benyamim Tsedaka, head of the A.B. Samaritan Institute in Holon, Israel, reads a blessing from a Pentateuch. Photo by G.L. Kohuth |
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The Samaritan Pentateuch digital archive will allow users to share and discuss their intrepretations of the ancient text. Photo by G.L. Kohuth |
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WIDE research center's Jim Ridolfo (left) and William Hart-Davidson (right) examine a Samaritan Pentateuch with Sharon Dufour, North American representative for the A.B. Samaritan Institute, and Benyamim Tsedaka, head of the institute, based in Holon, Israel. Photo by G.L. Kohuth |
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Robert Anderson, professor emeritus of religious studies at MSU (center), intreprets text from one of the Pentateuchs for WIDE research center's Jim Ridolfo (seated) and William Hart-Davidson. Photo by G.L. Kohuth |
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Robert Anderson, professor emeritus of religious studies at MSU, reads a page from one of the Pentateuchs. Photo by G.L. Kohuth |
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