Stories by Shemaryahu Talmon

The Samaritans

Once the inhabitants of a rich and powerful kingdom, these followers of Moses now constitute perhaps the world's smallest ethnic minority. The forces that keep them isolated have also helped them to survive...

January 1, 1977 — Shemaryahu Talmon

The Sciences

The New Covenanters of Qumran

About 180 B.G. a group of dissident Jews founded a religious commune in the Judean desert. Careful analysis of their legacy, the Dead Sea scrolls, reveals much about their life and beliefs...

November 1, 1971 — Shemaryahu Talmon