The ''Memar Marqah'', or ''The teaching of Marqah'', is a

Samaritan Samaritans (; ; ; ), are an ethnoreligious group originating from the Hebrews and Israelites of the ancient Near East. They are indigenous to Samaria, a historical region of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah that ...

homiletic tractate. It was written in

Samaritan Aramaic Samaritan Aramaic was the dialect of Aramaic used by the Samaritans in their sacred and scholarly literature. This should not be confused with Samaritan Hebrew, the language of the Samaritan Pentateuch. Samaritan Aramaic ceased to be a spoke ...

by the Samaritan scholar, philosopher and poet, Marqah in the 4th century. The work is a collection of midrashic compositions on several parts of the

Pentateuch The Torah ( , "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The Torah is also known as the Pentateuch () o ...

, expanding its presentation of events and precepts with the purpose of examining its theological, didactic, and philosophical teachings. Tibat Marqe consists of six volumes. The first five contain midrashim corresponding to the

. The last book has a different character and describes conversations between

Moses In Abrahamic religions, Moses was the Hebrews, Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in the The Exodus, Exodus from ancient Egypt, Egypt. He is considered the most important Prophets in Judaism, prophet in Judaism and Samaritani ...

and letters of the Torah.

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