Samaritanism
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Samaritanism (; ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic ethnic religion. It comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Samaritan people, who often prefer to be called Israelite Samaritans. Samaritans originated from the Hebrews and Israelites and began to emerge as a relatively distinct group after the Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire during the Iron Age. Keeping the Patriarchal and Mosaic covenant as specified in the Samaritan Torah (Biblical Hebrew: תּוֹרָה, 'Law') is central to the Samaritans' continuity as an Indigenous Heritage in the Holy L
Key facts
- Religion.name
- Samaritanism
- Religion.type
- Ethnic religion
- Religion.main_classification
- Abrahamic, Israelite
- Religion.founded_place
- History of ancient Israel and Judah
- Religion.native_name_lang
- he
- Religion.image
- Gerizim Samaritan Torah IMG 2118.JPG
- Religion.caption
- Israelite Samaritan Torah scrolls in the Israelite Samaritan synagogue on Mount Gerizim.
- Religion.leader_title
- High Priest
- Religion.leader_name
- Aabed-El ben Asher ben Matzliach
- Religion.scripture
- Samaritan Pentateuch
- Religion.theology
- Monotheistic
- Religion.language
- Samaritan Hebrew and Samaritan Aramaic
- Religion.territory
- Mount Gerizim and Land of Israel
- Religion.members
- (Samaritans)
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17 sectionsContents
- History
- Traditional accounts
- Scholarly perspective
- Beliefs
- Torah and the holy place
- Clergy and worship
- Festivals and observances
- Religious texts
- Relationship with other religions
- Relationship with Judaism
- Relationship with Christianity
- Notes
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Works cited
- Further reading
Samaritanism (; ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic ethnic religion. It comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Samaritan people, who often prefer to be called Israelite Samaritans. Samaritans originated from the Hebrews and Israelites and began to emerge as a relatively distinct group after the Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire during the Iron Age. Keeping the Patriarchal and Mosaic covenant as specified in the Samaritan Torah (Biblical Hebrew: תּוֹרָה, 'Law') is central to the Samaritans' continuity as an Indigenous Heritage in the Holy Land. The Abisha scroll is traditionally held by the community to be the oldest existing scroll written by Abisha son of Aaron the Priest.
Samaritanism asserts itself as the truly preserved form of the monotheistic faith that the Israelites kept under Moses. Samaritan belief also holds that the Israelites' original holy site was Mount Gerizim, and that Jerusalem only attained importance under Israelite dissenters who had followed Eli to the city of Shiloh; the Israelites who remained at Mount Gerizim would become the Samaritans in the Kingdom of Israel, whereas the Israelites who departed would become the Jews in the Kingdom of Judah. Mount Gerizim is likewise revered by Samaritans as the location where the Binding of Isaac took place; this belief contrasts with the Jewish belief that the Binding occurred at Jerusalem's Temple Mount.