[Heb-NACO] Samaritan versions of the Bible

[Biella, Joan]

I know almost nothing about this question (most of Elhanan's queries below seem to be subject questions anyway) but will point out that LC has established both "Samaritan Hebrew language" (sh2004001950) and "Samaritan Aramaic language" (sh 85116991), so it seems we do consider them  to be separate languages.  Wikipedia (if correct!) tells in which texts each of them is used:


Samaritan Hebrew (Hebrew<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language>: עברית שומרונית‎), is a reading tradition for Biblical Hebrew<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Hebrew> as used by the Samaritans<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan> for reading the Samaritan Pentateuch<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_Pentateuch>. Its pronunciation is highly similar to that of Samaritan Arabic, used by the Samaritans in prayer



Samaritan Aramaic, or Samaritan, is the dialect of Aramaic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_language> used by the Samaritans<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan> in their sacred and scholarly literature. This should not be confused with the Samaritan Hebrew<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_Hebrew> language of the Scriptures. It ceased to be a spoken language some time between the 10th and the 12th centuries.

In form it resembles the Aramaic of the Targumim<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targum>, the Aramaic word for “interpretation” or “paraphrase”, and is written in the Samaritan alphabet<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_alphabet>.

Important works written in Samaritan include the Samaritan translation of the Samaritan Hebrew Pentateuch<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentateuch> in the form of the targum paraphrased version. There are also legal, exegetical and liturgical texts, though later works of the same kind were often written in Arabic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language>.

Joan

From: heb-naco-bounces at lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:heb-naco-bounces at lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Heidi G Lerner
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 1:41 PM
To: Hebrew Name Authority Funnel
Subject: Re: [Heb-NACO] Samaritan versions of the Bible


Dear Elhanan,



I approached the response to your question by looking at AACR2 and the Marc Authority Format for languages.



AACR2 25.18A10 tells us to


Add the name of the language of the item<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=Aacr2ItemSLASHglossary&hash=ItemSLASHglossary> after the designation for the Bible or part<http://desktop.loc.gov/template.htm?view=document&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=foliodestination&doc_key=Aacr2PartSLASHglossary&hash=PartSLASHglossary> of the Bible.

Version is defined by AACR2 (see glossary) as the type of translation  of the Bible or any of its parts.

The MARC format for Languages includes Samaritan Aramaic as a language.

Based on the above I would construct a Bible heading with Samaritan Aramaic in the delimited l. If there varying versions  of the Samaritan Bible, then that information would go in a delimier "s."

A basic heading for the Samaritan Pentateuch I think would like

Bible.$pO.T.$pPentateuch.$lSamaritan Aramaic.

I look forward to comments, criticism, etc.

Sincerely, Heidi



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From: "Elhanan Adler" <elhanana at savion.huji.ac.il<mailto:elhanana at savion.huji.ac.il>>
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Subject: [Heb-NACO] Samaritan versions of the Bible

Shalom all

LC authority site has a number of different forms - none of which has the 'authorized heading' button

Bible. O.T. Exodus. Hebrew--Versions--Samaritan.
and
Bible. O.T. Pentateuch. Hebrew. Samaritan--Translations into Arabic.

and for Aramaic
Bible. O.T. Pentateuch. Aramaic--Samaritan--Versions.
Bible. O.T. Pentateuch. Aramaic--Versions--Samaritan
Bible. O.T. Pentateuch. Samaritan Aramaic--Criticism, Textual

Questions:

for Hebrew - should Samaritan be a version? (subfield s)

for Aramaic - is Samaritan a version, or is Samaritan Aramaic considered a language?

Elhanan

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