Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Samba In Hindu mythology, was a son of Vishnu in the avatar of Krishna, born of Dshamty, the beautiful daughter of the king of the bears. Samba, guided by the counsel of his father, and in order to avert the infliction of a threatening curse to which he had imprudently exposed himself, built a city, … Continue reading “Samba”

Samavarti In Hindu mythology, is an appellation of Dhama, the god of the underworld, who judges the dead and separates the good from the wicked. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Samatus (; Vulg. Semedius), given in the Apocrypha (1Es 9:34) as the name of the fourth of the six sons of Osora (i.e. Abiah or Mochnadebai) among those Israelites who had married foreign wives after the captivity; but the Heb. list (Ezr 10:41-42) contains the names Shelemiah, Shemariah, and Shallum in the corresponding place. Fuente: … Continue reading “Samatus”

SAMARITANS The inhabitants of Samaria. But in the New Testament this name is the appellation of a race of people who sprung originally from an intermixture of the ten tribes with gentile nations. When the inhabitants of Samaria and of the adjacent country were carried away by Shalmanezer king of Assyria, he sent in their … Continue reading “Samaritans”

Samaritan woman A woman of Sichar, a city of Samaria, who was converted by Our Lord at the well of Jacob (John 4). She had come to draw water from the well for her material needs, but Jesus gradually aroused in her sinful soul a desire for the supernatural waters that spring up into life … Continue reading “Samaritan woman”

Samaritan Versions There exist three different translations of the Pentateuch in Samaritan, two of which have been translated into Greek and Arabic respectively. 1. Samaritan. The origin, author, and age of the Samaritan version of the five books of Moses has hitherto so Eichhorn quaintly observes always been a golden apple to the investigators, and … Continue reading “Samaritan Versions”

Samaritan, The Good SAMARITAN, THE GOOD (Luk 10:25-37).Jesus had bidden His last farewell to Galilee, and was travelling to Jerusalem (Luk 9:51). He had passed through Samaria and reached Judaea, and in some town on the route, probably Jericho, He visited the synagogue,* [Note: The scene was evidently a synagogue, since His hearers were seated … Continue reading “Samaritan, The Good”

Samaritan Sects The most important information on the subject is given by Epiphanius (Hoeres. [1, 28], followed by John Damascus [ibid. p. 79], and Nicetas [Thesaur. 1, 35]). Epiphanius mentions four different sects the Essenes, Sebuaeans, Gorthenians, and Dositheans. With regard to the first of these bodies nothing is known, nor is the information with … Continue reading “Samaritan Sects”

Samaritan Pentateuch, The sa-mari-tan. See PENTATEUCH, THE SAMARITAN. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Samaritan Pentateuch, The Samar’itan Pen’tateuch, The. A recension of the commonly received Hebrew text of the Mosaic law, in use among the Samaritans, and written in the ancient Hebrew, or so-called Samaritan character. The origin of the Samaritan Pentateuch has given rise … Continue reading “Samaritan Pentateuch, The”

SAMARITAN PENTATEUCH The collection of the five books of Moses, written in Samaritan or Phoenician characters; and, according to some, the ancient Hebrew characters which were in use before the captivity of Babylon. This Pentateuch was unknown in Europe till the seventeenth century, though quoted by Eusebius, Jerome, &c. Archbishop Usher was the first, or … Continue reading “Samaritan Pentateuch”