RARE book of a series of lectures on the history, religion and literature of Samaritans by Moses Gaster (1856-1939) - a Romanian-born British scholar, the Hakham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish congregation, London, and an eminent Hebrew linguist. The Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology are delivered and published under the auspices of the British Academy. 250x160mm. VIII+208 pages. Dark blue cloth Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Cover and spine slightly stained. Spine edges and upper part of front hinge peeling/tattered. Some pages slightly wavy. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare influential history of what may be the earliest Jewish sect is in good condition.