Jubilees and the Samaritan Tradition- Although the Samaritans had an angelology, it does not seem to have
been very extensively developed. But what is especially missing is a
myth of evil fallen angels such as that in Jubilees and 1 Enoch. - The Jubilees concept of "resurrection of the spirit" resembles the Sa
maritan view of the afterlife but probably no more so than it resembles
the Jewish view. Both sets of writing seem to be drawing on a common
stock of Jewish beliefs about the afterlife. - Jubilees does not seem to have a concept of a messianic figure (though
one could argue for a "messianic kingdom"), unlike the Samaritan
Taheb.
The present study has been far from exhaustive, but it has looked at
some of the major areas where Jubilees and the Samaritan tradition can be
compared. Some examples of coincidence in detail were found, but these
mostly could be explained as accidental or arising from a common Jewish
tradition. It would have been interesting if clear examples of parallels could
be found, but so far they have eluded me. Many early Jewish traditions have
parallels in the Samaritan tradition and vice versa; the lack of coincidence
between Jubilees and the Samaritan tradition seems in part a reflection of
the fact that Jubilees often has unique traditions when compared with other
early Jewish literature. Thus, one should be careful about extrapolating from
the situation with Jubilees to other Jewish writings. Each tradition —
whether Jewish or Samaritan — must be examined individually before con
clusions can be reached.