In years past I had assumed that the Samaritan Pentateuch was not worth reading, and was simply an edit to add in a command to sacrifice on Mt. Gerizim. Now I recognize that the command regarding Mt. Gerizim is not so much a "new command", but instead is practically the same as Dt 27:4-5 in the Masoretic. The main difference on that is that the Masoretic says Mt. Ebal rather than Mt. Gerizim, and that command is repeated in Ex 20 in the Samaritan Pentateuch. There are also a few other differences which are interesting as well.
I think the Samaritan type texts are worth investigating, and are relevant for study and consideration with the Torah manuscripts of the Masoretic, DSS, and LXX. Some things may be additions, some things may be more original, but that's how it tends to be with varied manuscripts.
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Off-site link to Aleksandr's Samaritan Pentateuch translation
(From prior posting on Gr. 7/17/14)
