Scrapbook with newspaper cuttings and photographs (Gaster Samaritan MS Add 15)

A black and white photograph depicts a group of Samaritan men in traditional white robes and turbans gathered on a rocky hillside. In the foreground, several lambs are grouped together, presumably for sacrifice. In the background, a large white tent and more individuals are visible.

Repeating the Scriptures

When the last golden arc of the sun has sunk behind the Mediterranean the priest repeats in a loud voice the Samaritan version of Exodus xii, 6. In an instant the lambs are seized and passed from one to another of the sacrificial ministers until they reach the white-robed man whose office is to slay