Samaritan - Revision history

Telling: Unlike Jesus who celebrated Passover in Jerusalem just like other Jews, the Samaritans never believed in Jerusalem as the location for the Temple, but on Mount Gerizim.

2024-12-31T03:38:20Z

Unlike Jesus who celebrated Passover in Jerusalem just like other Jews, the Samaritans never believed in Jerusalem as the location for the Temple, but on Mount Gerizim.

Telling: Nehemiah 3:34 / they reject all books of Prophets/Kings in OT/ they believe they are ethnically Jews from Ephraim some sage they are from Issachar, maybe a mixed a mix

2024-12-31T03:29:04Z

Nehemiah 3:34 / they reject all books of Prophets/Kings in OT/ they believe they are ethnically Jews from Ephraim some sage they are from Issachar, maybe a mixed a mix

Telling: /* Ten Commandments carved in ancient Hebrew script? */

2024-12-22T10:38:53Z

Ten Commandments carved in ancient Hebrew script?

Telling: /* Ten Commandments carved in ancient Hebrew script? */

2024-12-22T10:38:22Z

Ten Commandments carved in ancient Hebrew script?

Telling at 10:31, December 22, 2024

2024-12-22T10:31:30Z

Telling at 10:30, December 22, 2024

2024-12-22T10:30:56Z

Telling: /* Ten Commandments carved in ancient Hebrew script */

2024-12-22T10:30:01Z

Ten Commandments carved in ancient Hebrew script

Telling: Byzantine, Ottomans

2024-12-22T10:26:10Z

Byzantine, Ottomans

Telling: /* Ten Commandments carved in ancient Hebrew script */

2024-12-22T09:51:36Z

Ten Commandments carved in ancient Hebrew script

Telling at 09:47, December 22, 2024

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 The [[Gospel of John]] implies that [[Jesus]] himself may have been from Samaria area, when John quotes [[Pharisees]] as calling Jesus a Samaritan and Jesus not denying it in response:
 {{cquote|The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”<ref>{{bible ref|John|8|48-51}}</ref>}}. Thought he was from Nazareth, Judea.
 ==Samaritans, population==

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 Samaritans (ࠔࠠࠌࠝࠓࠩࠉࠌ שָׁמֵרִים in Samaritan Hebrew: meaning Torah keepers, in Arabic: ا-سامريون, a-ساميريون).
-'''Samaritans''' today are a people of mixed ethnicity who live in [[Israel]], who practice a religion having similarities to and differences with the [[Jewish faith]]. They accept as their canon the written part of [[Torah]] and the [[Book of Joshua]], as do [[Christian]]s, while rejecting other [[Jewish]] [[Scriptures]].
+'''Samaritans''' today are a people of mixed ethnicity who live in [[Israel]], who practice a religion having similarities to and differences with the [[Jewish faith]]. They accept as their canon the written part of [[Torah]] and the [[Book of Joshua]], as do [[Christian]]s, while rejecting other [[Jewish]] [[Scriptures]] which Christians did accept.
-Originally, they were a unique people and ethno-religious group, descendants of the "Cuthites", immigrants from (ancient Assyrian city of) ''Kutha'', who were annexed to the people of Israel during the Assyrian period, and mingled with the priests of the Ten Tribes. (There was a debate if their conversion to Judaism was sincere). They did not abandon their pagan religion and their knowledge of halakhic law was limited. During the Second Temple period, they were in hostile relations with the Jewish community, and sought to sabotage the construction of the Temple. Their halakhic status was in doubt for generations, until they finally separated from the Jewish people.<ref>hamikchlol</ref>
+Originally, they were a unique people and ethno-religious group, descendants of the "Cuthites", immigrants from (ancient Assyrian city of) ''Kutha'', who were annexed to the people of Israel during the Assyrian period, and mingled with the priests of the Ten Tribes. (There was a debate if their conversion to Judaism was sincere). They did not abandon their pagan religion and their knowledge of halakhic law was limited. During the Second Temple period, they were in hostile relations with the Jewish community, and sought to sabotage the construction of the Temple.<ref>Nehemiah 3:34[https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt35b03.htm] And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said: 'What do these feeble Jews? will they restore at will? will they sacrifice? will they make an end this day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?'</ref> Their halakhic status was in doubt for generations, until they finally separated from the Jewish people.<ref>hamikchlol</ref>
 The Samaritan [[Pentateuch]] has a more [[pro-life]] translation of the ban on [[abortion]] in {{bibleref|Exodus|21|22-23}} than the Jewish Masoretic text does.  “Philo (Spec., 3:108) specifically prescribes the imposition of the death penalty for causing an abortion, and the text is likewise construed in the Samaritan Targum.”<ref>https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/abortion-in-judaism</ref>
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 The [[Gospel of John]] implies that [[Jesus]] himself may have been from Samaria area, when John quotes [[Pharisees]] as calling Jesus a Samaritan and Jesus not denying it in response:
-{{cquote|The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”<ref>{{bible ref|John|8|48-51}}</ref>}}. Thought he was from Nazareth.
+{{cquote|The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”<ref>{{bible ref|John|8|48-51}}</ref>}}. Thought he was from Nazareth, Judea.
 ==Samaritans, population==
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 At the end of ancient era, a dense Samaritan population lived in Samaria, and after the ''Bar Kochba'' rebellion, in other districts as well, but during the 5th and 6th centuries, the community dwindled as a result of the Samaritan rebellions against the [[Byzantine Empire]]. After the Arab conquest of the Land of Israel, many Samaritans converted to Islam because of / following religious persecution, heavy taxes, poverty and riots.<ref>Milka Levy-Rubin, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3632444 New Evidence Relating to the Process of Islamization in Palestine in the Early Muslim Period: The Case of Samaria], Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 43, 2000, pp. 257–276</ref>
-The Samaritans later experienced persecution and massacres also at the hands of the [[Crusaders]] and the [[Ottoman|Ottomans]],<ref>Historian Dr. Y. Geller, BIU.</ref> until the beginning of the 20th century only about 130 people survived. <ref>Samaritan News (Heb.)</ref>
+The Samaritans later experienced persecution and massacres also at the hands of the [[Crusaders]] and the [[Ottoman|Ottomans]],<ref>Historian Dr. Y. Geller, BIU.</ref> until the beginning of the 20th century only about 130 people survived.<ref>Samaritan News (Heb.)</ref>
 Today's Samaritans who are a mixture of immigrants as well, reject emigrating to other lands, and today do not consider themselves to be Palestinian Arab or Jewish.<ref name="Samaritans"/>

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 One woman described how difficult the abortion was: "It felt like I lost someone I knew. I had something black in my heart. ... The abortion was emotionally very hard."<ref name="Guardian"/>
 ==Ten Commandments carved in ancient Hebrew script?==
-In 2024, "Samaritan Ten Commandments tablet sells for $5M." Stone tablet claimed to be oldest of its kind --from 300 to 800 A.D.-- draws both interest and skepticism from experts. The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments.<ref>[https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/12/19/ancient-ten-commandments-tablet-sells-for-5m/ Ancient Ten Commandments tablet sells for $5M]. By ILH Staff. 12-19-2024.
+In 2024, "Samaritan Ten Commandments tablet sells for $5M." Stone tablet claimed to be oldest of its kind --from 300 to 800 A.D.-- draws both interest and skepticism from experts.<ref>[https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/12/19/ancient-ten-commandments-tablet-sells-for-5m/ Ancient Ten Commandments tablet sells for $5M]. By ILH Staff. 12-19-2024.
 [https://www.jns.org/samaritan-ten-commandments-tablet-sells-for-5m/ Samaritan Ten Commandments tablet sells for $5M]. Dec. 22, 2024. ''Israel Hayom'' (via ''JNS'').<blockquote><small>

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 One woman described how difficult the abortion was: "It felt like I lost someone I knew. I had something black in my heart. ... The abortion was emotionally very hard."<ref name="Guardian"/>
 ==Ten Commandments carved in ancient Hebrew script?==
-In 2024, "Samaritan Ten Commandments tablet sells for $5M." The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments, dating from 300 to 800 A.D."<ref>
+In 2024, "Samaritan Ten Commandments tablet sells for $5M." Stone tablet claimed to be oldest of its kind --from 300 to 800 A.D.-- draws both interest and skepticism from experts. The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments.<ref>[https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/12/19/ancient-ten-commandments-tablet-sells-for-5m/ Ancient Ten Commandments tablet sells for $5M]. By ILH Staff. 12-19-2024.
 [https://www.jns.org/samaritan-ten-commandments-tablet-sells-for-5m/ Samaritan Ten Commandments tablet sells for $5M]. Dec. 22, 2024. ''Israel Hayom'' (via ''JNS'').<blockquote><small>
 Sotheby's dates the tablet to approximately 1,500 years ago, though some experts have challenged this. The artifact, weighing approximately 115 pounds and extending 24 inches in length, features ancient Hebrew script.
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 Carved in ancient Hebrew script, which resembles ancient [[Hebrew]] with a few factual differences.
-Per the [[NYT]], some scholars question authenticity.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-oldest-ten-commandments-go-up-for-auction-some-scholars-question-authenticity/ As ‘oldest’ Ten Commandments go up for auction, some scholars question authenticity]. By ''ToI'' Staff.
+Per the [[NYT]], some scholars question authenticity.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-oldest-ten-commandments-go-up-for-auction-some-scholars-question-authenticity/ As ‘oldest’ Ten Commandments go up for auction, some scholars question authenticity]. By ''ToI'' Staff. 13 December 2024.</ref>
 == See also ==

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 '''Samaritans''' today are a people of mixed ethnicity who live in [[Israel]], who practice a religion having similarities to and differences with the [[Jewish faith]]. They accept as their canon the written part of [[Torah]] and the [[Book of Joshua]], as do [[Christian]]s, while rejecting other [[Jewish]] [[Scriptures]].
-Originally, they were a unique people and ethno-religious group, descendants of the "Cuthites", immigrants from (ancient Assyrian city of) ''Kutha'', who were annexed to the people of Israel during the Assyrian period, and mingled with the priests of the Ten Tribes.(There was a debate if their conversion to Judaism was sincere). They did not abandon their pagan religion and their knowledge of halakhic law was limited. During the Second Temple period, they were in hostile relations with the Jewish community, and sought to sabotage the construction of the Temple. Their halakhic status was in doubt for generations, until they finally separated from the Jewish people.<ref>hamikchlol</ref>
+Originally, they were a unique people and ethno-religious group, descendants of the "Cuthites", immigrants from (ancient Assyrian city of) ''Kutha'', who were annexed to the people of Israel during the Assyrian period, and mingled with the priests of the Ten Tribes. (There was a debate if their conversion to Judaism was sincere). They did not abandon their pagan religion and their knowledge of halakhic law was limited. During the Second Temple period, they were in hostile relations with the Jewish community, and sought to sabotage the construction of the Temple. Their halakhic status was in doubt for generations, until they finally separated from the Jewish people.<ref>hamikchlol</ref>
 The Samaritan [[Pentateuch]] has a more [[pro-life]] translation of the ban on [[abortion]] in {{bibleref|Exodus|21|22-23}} than the Jewish Masoretic text does.  “Philo (Spec., 3:108) specifically prescribes the imposition of the death penalty for causing an abortion, and the text is likewise construed in the Samaritan Targum.”<ref>https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/abortion-in-judaism</ref>

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 Sotheby’s dates the tablet to approximately 1,500 years ago, during the late Roman-Byzantine era. The artifact, weighing approximately 115 pounds and extending 24 inches in length, features the Ten Commandments carved in ancient Hebrew script.</small></blockquote></ref>
-Carved in ancient Hebrew script, which resembles ancient Hebrew with a few factual differences
+Carved in ancient Hebrew script, which resembles ancient [[Hebrew]] with a few factual differences.
 == See also ==
 *[https://margmowczko.com/a-brief-history-of-the-samaritans/ History of Samaritans]

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 {{See also|Mystery: Was John a Samaritan}}''?''
 '''Samaritans''' today are a people of mixed ethnicity who live in [[Israel]], who practice a religion having similarities to and differences with the [[Jewish faith]]. They accept as their canon the [[Torah]] and the [[Book of Joshua]], as do [[Christian]]s, while rejecting other [[Jewish]] [[Scriptures]].
 The Samaritan [[Pentateuch]] has a more [[pro-life]] translation of the ban on [[abortion]] in {{bibleref|Exodus|21|22-23}} than the Jewish Masoretic text does.  “Philo (Spec., 3:108) specifically prescribes the imposition of the death penalty for causing an abortion, and the text is likewise construed in the Samaritan Targum.”<ref>https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/abortion-in-judaism</ref>
 The Samaritans mentioned several times in the [[Gospels]] by [[Jesus]] were a mixed-race, part-[[Gentile]] and part-Jewish, who engaged in practices considered to be [[blasphemous]] by Jewish [[Pharisees]].  The references to Samaritans are nearly all favorable, particularly by the [[Gentile]] [[Luke]] but also by [[John]], while [[Matthew]] is critical of Samaritans at {{bibleref|Matthew|10|5}}<ref>"These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: 'Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.'" ([[ESV]])</ref>.  For example, one of the most famous references to Samaritans in the New Testament is in the [[Parable of the Good Samaritan]].  It is also said that Jesus first expressly revealed his divinity to a Samaritan woman at the well, despite how Samaritans were outcasts at the time:<ref>John 4:25-26 (NAS).</ref>
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 {{cquote|The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge. Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”<ref>{{bible ref|John|8|48-51}}</ref>}}
-==Origin of the Samaritans==
+==Samaritans, population==
 On the separation of Israel and Judah, the ancient city of [[Shechem]], which had been from the first so intimately connected with the history of Israel, became naturally the religious center of the Northern Kingdom.<ref name="JE">Jewish Encyclopedia'a article on Samaritans</ref> The political capital, however, was transferred by [[Omri]] to his newly built city of [[Samaria]] about 883 B.C., and the Israelitish kingdom continued to exist there until it fell before [[Assyria]].<ref name="JE"/> In the fourth year of [[Hezekiah]] "Shalmaneser, King of Assyria, came up against Samaria, and besieged it. And at the end of three years they took it" <ref name="JE"/><ref>(II Kings xviii. 9)</ref> The inhabitants were deported to various parts of [[Assyria]] and to "the cities of the Medes"; and colonists were sent to take their place.<ref name="JE"/> The colonists were soon after troubled by [[lions]], which they regarded as a divine visitation due to their ignorance of the "manner of the god of the land."<ref name="JE"/> At their request an Israelitish priest was sent to them, who settled at Beth-el,<ref>(II Kings xvii. 28)</ref> with the result that a mixed form of religion was established, partly Israelitish and partly idolatrous.<ref name="JE"/>
 The next reference to the people of Samaria, regarded as the remnant of Israel, is when Josiah suppressed the high places among them <ref>(II Kings xxiii. 15, 19 et seq.)</ref> and collected money to repair the house of the Lord, from "Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel" (II Chron. xxxiv. 9).<ref name="JE"/> That the Israelitish element still held its own in the north, is shown by the incidental mention "That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria," in the time of Jeremiah, desiring to join in the offerings at the Temple <ref name="JE"/><ref>(Jeremiah xli. 5)</ref> Later on (and this is the last mention of the Samaritans in the Old Testament), their claim to a participation in the building of the Temple was rejected by Zerubbabel, perhaps due to their mixed ethnicity.<ref name="JE"/>
-The (Judean) Jews destroyed the Samaritan holy temple in 112-111 [[B.C.]] The destruction date became a holiday (the 21st of Kislev) during which Jews have been forbidden to eulogize the dead.<ref>https://private-tours-in-israel.com/mount-gerizim/</ref>
+Following Samaritans' seeking to sabotage the construction of the [[Temple]], (Judean) Jews destroyed the Samaritan holy temple in 112-111 [[B.C.]] The destruction date became a holiday (the 21st of Kislev) during which Jews have been forbidden to eulogize the dead.<ref>https://private-tours-in-israel.com/mount-gerizim/</ref>
 ==Anthropology==
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 ==Samaritans and Israel==
-Samaratins at Mount Gerizim, their equivalent of [[Jerusalem]], accepted and even promoted [[abortion]] as a result of receiving citizenship in [[Israel]]:
+Samaratins at Mount Gerizim, their equivalent of [[Jerusalem]], accepted and even promoted [[abortion]] after receiving citizenship in [[Israel]]:
 {{cquote|In the 1990s, when the Samaritans at Mount Gerizim were granted Israeli citizenship, they gained access to Israel's hi-tech hospitals, among the most advanced in the world. Routine genetic testing was introduced in the pregnancies of Samaritan women, and abortions were encouraged whenever the risk of birth defects was higher than 10%. ... Around one in five pregnancies is now terminated.<ref name="Guardian">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/11/ukrainian-women-samaritans-mount-gerizim</ref>}}
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 Sotheby’s dates the tablet to approximately 1,500 years ago, during the late Roman-Byzantine era. The artifact, weighing approximately 115 pounds and extending 24 inches in length, features the Ten Commandments carved in ancient Hebrew script.</small></blockquote></ref>
+Carved in ancient Hebrew script, which resembles ancient Hebrew with a few factual differences
 == See also ==
 *[https://margmowczko.com/a-brief-history-of-the-samaritans/ History of Samaritans]