The Israeli Film Archive at the Jerusalem Cinematheque's own catalogue record for the 1969 one-minute archival actuality film Samaritans Passover Sacrifice on Mount Gerizim. Its own synopsis reads in full: "On Mount Gerizim Near Nablus, Samaritans gather around ovens dug into the ground. After a religious ritual, 40 lambs which are sacrificed for Passover are skinned, impaled and roasted." The record classifies the film under related topics including Passover, Holiday, Ceremony and Events and Ceremonies.
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A national film archive's own catalogue record for its own held footage, whose own title and synopsis name Samaritans and the Passover sacrifice at Mount Gerizim outright, corroborated by Reinhard Pummer's academic profile of the Samaritan community and its sacred site. Citation
PublisherIsraeli Film Archive, Jerusalem Cinematheque
URLhttps://jfc.org.il/en/news_journal/60901-2/96161-2/
Source Typeinstitutional record
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This source names Mount Gerizim directly: "film Samaritans Passover Sacrifice on Mount Gerizim."
This source names Samaritans directly: "one-minute archival actuality film Samaritans Passover Sacrifice on Mount Gerizim."
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- Screen Works, 9 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
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