The Comfort of Kin - Samaritan Community, Kinship, and Marriage

In The Comfort of Kin Monika Schreiber presents a study of the social and religious life of the modern Samaritans, with an emphasis on the kinship system and marriage patterns of the community.

About the author

Monika Schreiber, Ph.D. (2009), University of Vienna, is librarian at the Jewish Studies Library at that university. She has done extensive anthropological research among the Samaritan community.

Product details

• Authors: Monika Schreiber
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.05.2014
• EAN: 9789004274242
• ISBN: 978-90-04-27424-2
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 239 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 816 g
• Series: Brill's Jewish Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories