1.   Indeed, the religious manuscript is violent, quite violent.

2.   It is at once a religious manuscript of unusual beauty and a well-used family prayer book.

3.   Also last year, religious manuscripts were stolen from the same synagogue that was targeted Monday.

4.   Earlier this year, two rare religious manuscripts written on sheepskin were stolen from the Samaritan temple on Mount Gerizim.

5.   The prohibition to depict human figures in religious manuscripts also made artists concentrate on the perfection of writing.

6.   Two rare religious manuscripts written on sheep skin were stolen from an ancient Samaritan synagogue in the West Bank, a leader of the tiny sect said Thursday.