Another work by Abu-1-Hasan relates to the future life, with arguments drawn from the Pentateuch (Bodl. MS. Hunt. .350 [1]).
An A hridgment of the Mosaic Law according to the Samaritans, by Abul Farag Ibn-Ishag Ibn-Kathar, is preserved at Paris (Bibl. Nat. Anciens Fonds, 5, Peiresc); a work on penance, in Amst. (MS. xxvii, p. 304), which MS. also contains a treatise on the nature of God and man, etc. (ibid. p. 223), and questions and answers, with interpretations from the Pentateuch (ibid. p. 297).
The St. Petersburg collection also contains fragments of Samaritan law-books (F. iv, 18) ; twenty-two docu- ments in Arabic, relating to civil matters, and ranging from the 17th to the 19th century; about seventy con- tracts of marriage; and six amulets.
See Petermann, Versuch eincr hebr. Formenlehre nach der Aussprache der heutiijen Samai'itaner (Leips. 1868), introduction ; Juynboll, Commentarii in I/istoriam Gen- tis Samaritante (Lugd. Bat. 1846), p. .58 sq. ; Noldeke, Ueber einige samaritanisch - arub. Schriften, die hebr. Sprache betrcffend (Gfittingcn, 1802) ; (ieiger. Die. he- brdische Granimntilc bid ticn SauKirilanern, in Zeitschr. d. D.M.G. (18(;3), xvii, 748; llcidenheim, Vierteljahrs- schrift, in loc. cit. ; Petermann, in Ilerzog, Keal-Kncykl. xiii, 376 sq. ; Theologisches Universal- Lexikon, s. v. " Samaritanische Literatur;" Nutt, /I Sketch of Samari- tan liistort/, p. 134 sq. ; Relandi Dissertt. Mhcell. ii, 14; .Smith, ])irt. of the Bible, iv, 2814 sq. ; Kitto, Ci/clop. iii, 751 ; Kirchheim, Karme Shomron (Frankfort, 1851), p.28s(|. (B. P.)
SA^NIARITAN LITURGY. Under this head we pro- pose to treat of the formal ritual of the Samaritans, in- cluding their most important doctrines, usages, etc., as gathered from documentary sources; reserving some ad- ditional details as to their present practice for the art.
SaMAKITANS, MoDlCHN.
I. Ritual.— The liturgical literature of the Samaritans ia very extensive, and not without a certain poetical
value. It consists chiefly of hymns and prayers for Sabbath and feast days, and of occasional prayers at nuptials, circumcisions, burials, and the like. The Brit- ish Museum possesses nineteen volumes of prayers and hymns, which are described by Heidenheim in his Viei-teljahrsschrift, i, 279 sq. ; 408 sq. Several have also been published by Heidenheim, e.g. yl Hymn for the Day of A tonement (ibid, i, 290 sq.) ; A Petition of Nanah ben-Marku (iftirf. p. 432) ; A Petition of Mesh al- ma of Daphne (ibid. p. 438 sq.) ; The Prayer of A b. Gelugah, from a Vatican MS. {ibid, ii, 213 sq.) ; The Litany of Marka, the end of which runs thus :
" Lord, for the sake of the three perfect ones I For the sake of Joseph, the interpreter of dreams! For the sake of Moses, chief of the i)rophets I For the sake of the i)riests, the masters of the priests! For the sake of the 'I'orah, most sacred of books ! For the sake of Mount Gerizim, the everlasting hill ! For the sake of the hosts of angels ! Destroy the enemies and foes ! Receive our prayers ! O Everlasting!
Deliver us from these troubles ! Open to us the treasure of heaven ;"
A Prayer of the High-Priest Pinchas for the Celebration of the New' Moon (contained in Cod. 19,020 Add. MSS.); Two Hymns for the Day of A tonement, one by the priest Abraham, the other bv the priest Tobias {ihid. iv, 110 sq. ; contained in Cod. 19^009 Add. IMSS.) ; The Prayer of Marka and that of A m?-am, both contained in the Vatic. MS. (ibid, iv, 237 sq. ; 390 sq.). Of the hymns for the Passover we will speak farther on. In Gesenius, Car- mina Samaritana, fragments of liturgies from Damascus were published, Avhich Kirchheim has published with emendations in his Karme Shomron. One hymn on the Unity of God, and headed nrx X^K nbx P'^b, i. e. " there is no God but one," runs thus: 1. fTG'iyp D'^nbN The everlasting God, Db"b 13! D'i"pT Who liveth forever ; 'ji^'^n bD hv ilbx God above all powers,
h^'jb "p 'l'Ci'C.^ And who thus remaiueth for- ever.
rnina na"i "ibinn in thy great power shall we ' ' trust,
"l"iT2 in PNT For thou art our Lord ;
n^nSXT "Tr.inbxn in thy Godhead; for thou hast ' created
mr"i"l 'i^ riTabS" The world from beginning.
rr^DD ~ni135 Thy power was hidden, "I'Omi ^"ini:'! And thy glory and mercy.
nri<"'D3l nPX'^bs "pbri Revealed are both the things that are revealed, and those that are unrevealed, "l21 "irinbx 'pbir^ Before the reign of thy God- ' head, etc.
Petermaim has published three " prayers of ]Moses and Joshua" and live "prayers of the angels" in his Gram- matica Samaritana, p. 418 sq. A volume of prayers is also in the Paris Bibl. Nat. Anciens Fonds, 4, Peiresc. The present Samaritans have two collections, which they call Duriihi ("string of pearls") and Defter ("book"), the latter comprising the former, the ar- rangement of which they ascribe to Amran-ez-Zeman or Amram-Dari. The "language in which they are written varies; some are in almost classical Hebrew, others in a dialect resembling that of the Targums, containing an aihnixture of Arabisms and Hebraisms. The metre also differs consideral)ly.
II. /;oc/riwp.<t.— From the various hymns and docu- ments extant, it appears that the Samaritans had five principal articles of faith, viz. :
1. God is one, without partner or associate, without body and passious, the cause of all things, filling all things, etc.