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The caption reads "Jew with a Torah." Actually, the man is a Samaritan priest and the scroll is the Samaritan bible. (Torrance collection, Medical Archives, University of Dundee) |
Yoni wrote: "The 'Jew' with a Torah Scroll is in fact a Samaritan Cohen from Mt. Gerizim, above Shchem (Nablus). They have the 5 books of Moses (Torah) in similar casings as do Sephardi Jews, and therefore the confusion."
[A similar response came from reader BLS.]
We present this picture to introduce a large collection of photographs from the Scottish University of Dundee's medical archives and database, entitled "Unlocking the Medicine Chest." Amidst the historical medical records from many Scottish hospitals, clinics, infirmaries and universities is an entry Herbert Watt Torrance, Medical Missionary (1892-1977).
Dr. Herbert Torrance succeeded his father Dr. David Watt Torrance, a Scottish doctor and missionary, who established the Scots Missionary Hospital in Tiberias in the 1880s. The two doctors were dedicated to treating the poor of the Galilee -- Christians, Muslim and Jews. They also documented and photographed the diseases and injuries they encountered such as leprosy, anthrax, typhoid, and deformities, to name a few.
The collection also includes dozens of 100-year-old pictures of the elderly and poor Jews of Tiberias, early photographs of the town, and damage to Tiberias from natural calamities. Watch for these pictures at www.israeldailypicture.com in the next weeks.
Back to the Samaritans
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Samaritan priest (American Colony) |
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Samaritan priest (American Colony collection) |
Samaritan synagogue in Shchem (Library of Congress collection) |
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