Beit al-Mā; Beit el-Ma Complete

Description

About one kilometer west of the ancient city of Shechem–Neapolis (modern Nablus), fields near Beit el-Ma yielded a Samaritan inscription containing the Ten Commandments. The object was brought to light following heavy rainfall in February 1935. Further reading: Barag, D. 2009. Samaritan writing and writings [in:] H. M. Cotton, R. G. Hoyland, J. J. Price, D. J. Wasserstein (eds), From Hellenism to Islam Cultural and Linguistic Change in the Roman Near East, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 314-315. Ben-Zevi, I., and Albright, W. F. 1941. “The Beit El-Mā Samaritan Inscription.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, no. 84, 2–4. Taylor, W. R., and Albright, W. F. 1941 “A New Samaritan Inscription.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, no. 81, 1–6.