Abisha Scroll

Samaritan Israelites believe this to be the original Paleo-Hebrew version before priest Ezra modified the language into Neo-Assyrian Aramaic. Today's translation is based on four 13th century versions listed below. "Samaritan manuscripts of the Samaritan Pentateuch copied by Abu al-Barakat: two Mount Gerizim Synagogue manuscripts copied in 1199 and 1210 AD, the third at the National Library, Jerusalem, copied in 1215 AD, and the fourth manuscript, no. 751, at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, Ireland, copied in 1225 AD." The manuscript most venerated by the Samaritans, from which all other copies are reported to originate, is the Abisha Scroll, housed in the synagogue at Nablus. This scroll presents itself as written by Abisha, son of Pinhas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, in the thirteenth year after the Israelites entered the land of Canaan