'''Samaritans''' are a people who live in [[Israel]], who practice a religion similar to the [[Jewish faith]]. They accept as their canon the [[Torah]] and the [[Book of Joshua]]. They are mentioned several times in the [[Gospels]] by [[Jesus]], 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> | '''Samaritans''' are a people who live in [[Israel]], who practice a religion similar to the [[Jewish faith]]. They accept as their canon the [[Torah]] and the [[Book of Joshua]]. They are mentioned several times in the [[Gospels]] by [[Jesus]], 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> |