Acknowledgments; Author's Note; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Charts; Introduction: Who Are the Samaritans?; Part One Samaritan Ethnicity and Community; Chapter 1 A Community of Faith; Chapter 2 An Accidental People: A Survey of Samaritan History; Chapter 3 A Community of Practice; Chapter 4 No Exit, No Entrance? The Bounds of Community; Part Two Samaritan Family and Marriage; Chapter 5 It's All in the Family: From Ethnic Identity to Practical Kinship; Chapter 6 Bintī li-ʼibn ʿammhā-My Daughter is for Her Cousin: Samaritan Marital Preferences
Chapter 7 Too Close for Comfort? A Critical View of an Ancient LegacyChapter 8 Single, Samaritan, Male: A Local Discourse on Minority and Choice; Chapter 9 The Family Politic; Epilogue: Will the Samaritans Endure?; References; Subject Index; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Foreign Words Mentioned in the Text
Summary
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
