Directory of Samaritan Resources

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The Samaritans are an ancient people based in northern Israel. There origins are Jewish but they split with the Jewish community in antiquity over doctrinal issues. They accept the Torah with variations including a distinct version of the Ten Commandments and their rituals are centred around Mount Gerizim. Today they number no more than a few hundred people with roughly half their community living in the Palestinian Authority near Mount Gerizim and half in the Israeli state.

Resources in This Category

• CNN.com - Amid conflict, Samaritans keep unique identity

  http://europe.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/10/08/samaritans/
  Article from CNN about the Samaritans today.

• Samaritan - Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan
  Encyclopedia article on the history and current state of this ancient people who share an origin with the Jews.

• Samaritans

  http://i-cias.com/e.o/samaritn.htm
  Entry from the Encyclopedia of the Orient.

• The Israelite-Samaritans

  http://www.the-samaritans.com/
  The remnant of the northern kingdom of Israel remains today still in Israel, on Mount Gerizim and Holon.

• The Samaritan Passover

  http://www.sacred-texts.com/journals/oc/sp.htm
  Written by William E. Barton and published in 1908.

• The Samaritan Update

  http://shomron0.tripod.com/update1.3.2002.htm
  Recent news on the Samaritans.

 

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