The Samaritan Synagogue Shechem Palestine – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of The Samaritan Synagogue Shechem Palestine brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Samaritan Synagogue Shechem Palestine
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The Samaritan synagogue in Shechem, the town now called Nablus, stands at the heart of a small community that holds Mount Gerizim sacred and accepts only the Five Books of Moses as scripture. The Samaritans have kept their own worship and calendar apart from Jewish and Christian traditions for centuries, which made their congregation a curiosity for Western travelers. B.W. Kilburn copyrighted this 1899 view, and Carleton H. Graves issued it as a card for parlor stereoscopes. Because the title names the synagogue directly, the scene offers a rare record of worship in a community that was then little known outside the region.
| Created / published | 1899 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph gelatin silver. |
| Notes | 13151 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.W. Kilburn. Title from recto of item. No. 13040. · Graves C. H. (Carleton H.) d. 1943 publisher. |
| Subjects | Samaritans--Spiritual life--West Bank--Nablus--1890-1900. Synagogues--West Bank--Nablus--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 5,863 × 2,944 px · prints to 20 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-271389 |
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