Shechem: Jacob's Well, Joseph's Tomb, Mt. Gerizim, Mt. Ebal, Christ & the Woman at the Well
See a video about biblical Shechem. One of the most important locations in the Holy Land.
Location
1. Biblical Shechem is also known as Sychar in the New Testament, and as Tel Balata and Nablus, today.
2. Shechem is located about 30 miles (48 km.) north of Jerusalem and about 30 miles (48 km.) northeast of Tel Aviv.
3. It was in the Samaria region of Israel in the territory of Ephraim during Bible times.
4. It was on a main north-south travel route that linked the northern and southern parts of Israel.
5. It was also on a main east-west route that linked the coastal plain of Israel with the Jordan Valley.
6. Shechem lies between the two famous mountains of Gerizim and Ebal.
Historical Background
1. Shechem had a significant role in the Bible and is mentioned 58 times.
2. God first appeared to Abraham in Shechem and gave him the promise that he would inherit the land.
3. Abraham and Jacob lived here.
4. Joseph’s bones are buried here.
5. The blessings and curses given on Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal took place here.
6. Joshua rallied all Israel and made a covenant with them in Shechem.
7. The nation of Israel became divided in Shechem.
8. Shechem became the capital of the northern tribes of Israel under King Jeroboam’s rule.
9. On top of Mount Gerizim are substantial ruins.
• The Samaritans first built a temple here for worship in the 5th century. Later, in the 2nd century, they built walls around the temple to protect it.
• In the latter part of the 2nd century, the Hasmoneans (Jewish rule from 165–63 BC) destroyed the Samaritan’s temple on Mount Gerizim and the city at the base of the mountain (ancient Shechem).
• During the Roman occupation of Israel, the Samaritans were given permission by the Romans to rebuild their temple and city.
• In 475 AD, under Byzantine rule, the Samaritan temple was destroyed, and a Byzantine church was erected. Later, a monastery was built as well.
10. Jesus met with a Samaritan woman (John 4) at Jacob’s Well in Shechem. Today, the well is inside the Church of St. Photina, which was originally built in 380 AD. Over the years, the church was destroyed a number of times by natural and military forces. The current church building is overseen by the Greek Orthodox Church, which obtained the site in 1893.
11. The Samaritans were a small group of unfaithful Israelites who remained in the land of Israel and intermarried with foreign unbelievers after the deportation of Israel by the Assyrians in 722 BC. They established their own religion at Mount Gerizim and built their own temple. They were despised and rejected by the Jews and considered unclean. The Samaritans, likewise, despised the Jews and had few dealings with them. The Samaritans only believe in the Torah (first 5 books of the Old Testament).
Places of Interest
1. Tel Balata
• Visitor Center
• Northwest Gate
• City Wall
• Fortress Temple
• Joshua’s Stone (Erected after Joshua made a covenant with the Israelites)
• Sacred Courtyard
• Houses
• Eastern Gate
2. Mount Gerizim
• 2nd-century buildings
• Fortified enclosure
• Citadel
• Courtyards
• 2nd-century mansion
• 12 Stone Altar
• Byzantine Church
• Byzantine Gate
• 2nd-century Gate
• Byzantine Monastery
• Eastern Gate
3. Mount Ebal
• Joshua’s Rectangular Altar
• Circular Altar below Rectangular Altar (possibly that of Abraham or Jacob)
4. Jacob’s Well (120 feet, 40 m. deep)
5. Joseph’s Tomb
6. Modern Shechem (Nablus)
Mount Gerizim gathering to mark end of Passover
(17 Apr 2017) Members of the ancient Samaritan community gathered on top of Mount Gerizim near the West Bank town of Nablus in the early hours of Monday, to pray at the end of the Passover holiday.
Numbering several hundred, the Samaritans comprise one of the world's oldest and smallest religious minorities.
Best known from the New Testament parable of the Good Samaritan, the sect traces its roots to the ancient Israelites, and follows the Five Books of Moses and celebrates biblical holidays.
The Samaritans practise many of the same religious rituals as Jews, but they have adopted some Islamic beliefs and customs.
The festival of Passover commemorates the Jews' exodus from slavery under the Pharaohs and the beginning of Jewish nationhood.
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The Walls of Jericho - Findings on Mount Ebal & Walking in the Footsteps of Joshua
In this episode, student of theology, John Evans, discusses findings which may support the Biblical conquest of Canaan recorded in the Book of Joshua. Walk in the footsteps of the Israelites as they reclaim their promised land. Examine the remains of an altar which may have been constructed by Joshua and reexamine the fallen walls of one of the Bible’s most well-known cities. Evans has drawn heavily upon the following sources which have been peer-reviewed and widely debated in the academic community.
We encourage you to make up your own mind based on the facts.
Here is the research of Bryant G. Wood P.H.D who excavated Jerico throughout the 1990s:
Here is also the link to a discussion of Joshua’s alter:
Please note that this research is hardly exhaustive and more digging, metaphorically and literally, is required. Also, there is no way of definitively proving or disproving that these speculations are accurate. Nevertheless, they suggest an alternative viewpoint which should be confronted by all lovers of the truth. It is our assertion that the research of Wood and others confirm that it is highly probable that the Biblical narrative is reliable and deserving of further research.
God bless,
John
Soundtrack by Matt Lewis
#14 - Abram Arrives In Shechem
Shechem. It is a place we don't often hear of but it is such an important place in the Kingdom of God. Find out why.
Shechem - Covenant! Israel. Joel Kramer. SourceFlix.
Shechem is situated in Samaria, the northern district of Israel. Here Abraham pitched his tent and built his first altar. Jacob’s well, and Joseph’s Tomb are located close by the Temple Fortress that Joel Kramer, SourceFlix, is teaching from. Joshua made a covenant with the people here and his standing stone is still here today. This Biblically significant location receives few visitors today yet it was the site where Rehoboam was appointed King. To one side of the Temple Fortress is Mount Gerizim and on the other Mount Ebal, the mountains of curses and blessings as mentioned by Deuteronomy 11:29. Biblically important teaching from Joel, so much corroborative evidence for the historical narrative of the Bible found in one place!
Hebron, Palestine: Tomb of Abraham
More info about Rick's travels to Palestine: In this clip from Rick's Holy Land special, we visit Hebron's Tomb of Abraham to see how two communities struggle to be near this sacred site.
At you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination.
The Messiah's Revelation Part 1
John 4:1--26
Is there any biblical history in the West Bank?
Vogging - 1st of AV #ARCsW
The Destiny Experience Tour through Judea & Samaria, otherwise known as the West Bank of Israel - We walk you through some of the biblical history & show you the sites :)
Please check out our indigogo funding campaign to find out how you can be involved in restoration
fyi - side note {we were not putting money into the stone alter type thing, it was actually put there by people from all over the world as a token for God's financial blessing into this land to help development}.
Latin Patriarch visits Nablus church set on fire on Saturday
1. Close of church tower pull out to door way
2. Security by entrance
3. Interior of church
4. Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah at altar leading the Mass
5. Various of Mass
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah:
++NON VERBATIM TRANSLATION++
We wish he (the pope) didn't say this thing but unfortunately he did say this and I think it carries an insult to Islam. We wish he didn't say it but he did. The reaction to this should be between ambassadors of the Arab countries and the Vatican, they should meet and discuss. There is an ongoing dialogue between the Vatican and the Islamic religious leaders in the Arab states. They should meet and not let the people go out to street which may cause a disconnection between the two religions.
7. Sabbah leaving church
8. Exterior showing blackened wall where church was set ablaze day before
9. Tilt down at entrance arch to St Justin Roman Catholic church
10. Interior of church showing altar with Sabbah serving mass
11. Various of interior of church and worshippers attending mass
STORYLINE:
Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah said on Sunday that ambassadors representing the Vatican and Muslim countries should use dialogue to prevent a disconnection between the two religions following anger at recent comments made by the pope.
Sabbah was speaking at the St Justin Roman Catholic church in the West Bank town of Nablus, which was hit by fire bombs on Saturday.
The church was one of five in the West Bank and Gaza attacked on Saturday by assailants, angered by Pope Benedict XVI's remarks about Islam.
No injuries were caused in the attacks but they sparked fears of a rift between Palestinian Muslims and Christians.
Two West Bank churches were also set afire early Sunday as a wave of Muslim anger over comments by Pope Benedict XVI construed as anti-Islam grew throughout the Palestinian areas.
Christians make up a dwindling minority of several tens of thousands among the more than three (m) million Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem.
Relations are generally good, and the Palestinian Authority has made considerable efforts to ensure their political representation.
The attacks on Saturday began with fire bombings of Nablus' Anglican and Greek Orthodox churches, which left trails of black scorch marks in their wake.
In a phone call to The Associated Press, a group calling itself the Lions of Monotheism claimed responsibility, saying the attacks were meant to protest the pope's remarks about Islam.
Hours later, four masked gunmen doused the main doors of Nablus' Roman and Greek Catholic churches with lighter fluid, then set them ablaze.
They also opened fire on the buildings, pocking their outer walls with bullet-holes.
Explosive devices were set off at the same Gaza church on Friday, causing minor damage.
There were no claims of responsibility for the last three attacks.
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Perry Stone December 12 2017 : Revealing the Messiah & The Shechem Factor
Perry Stone December 12 2017 : Revealing the Messiah & The Shechem Factor ------ Let me share the message that you get from Perry Stone, Thank you!
Rachels Tomb
BH Rachels Tomb is located in Beit Lechem of Judea, just a few minute south of Jerusalem,.
וידאו על ידי עזרא רדגלי
Pyhä Henki yhdistää juutalaiset ja arabit
Jumala yhdistää Henkensä kautta yliluonnollisesti palestiinalaisia ja juutalaisia Israelissa. Suomi sen sijaan rahoittaa miljoonilla euroilla palestiinalaislasten leirejä, joilla heitä valmistetaan valtaamaan Israel.
Kuningaskunnan tuuli jakso nro 1 / Wind of the Kingdom, episode 1; 'The Holy Spirit unites jews and arabs'.
Spoken languages: Hebrew, Finnish, English, Arabic
PHILIP PREACHED CHRIST IN A CITY OF SAMARIA PART2
JOHN SHANNON SR. AT JAMES ROAD CHURCH OF CHRIST
Deuteronomy 11 - Skip Heitzig
The laws of God are laws for life; they aren't given to us to restrict us, but to benefit us and show us God's love. Making our way through Deuteronomy 11, we learn that our relationship with the Lord supersedes regulations and rituals, and we see how God, through Moses, lovingly reminded the Israelites of just how much He cared for them and wanted the best for them.
This teaching is from our series 05 Deuteronomy - 2015 with Skip Heitzig from Calvary Albuquerque.
Samaritans | Wikipedia audio article
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00:04:50 1 Etymology
00:07:21 2 Origins
00:07:30 2.1 Samaritan sources
00:11:13 2.2 Jewish sources
00:16:41 2.3 Dead Sea scrolls
00:17:13 2.4 Assyrian account of the conquest and settlement of Samaria
00:19:17 3 History
00:19:26 3.1 Iron Age
00:21:24 3.2 Persian period
00:25:47 3.3 Hellenic era
00:25:55 3.3.1 Antiochus IV Epiphanes and Hellenization
00:28:28 3.3.2 Hasmonean influence
00:29:20 3.4 Roman period
00:29:29 3.4.1 Early Roman era
00:31:12 3.4.2 Byzantine times
00:34:10 3.5 Middle Ages
00:35:38 3.6 Ottoman rule
00:36:45 3.7 British Mandate
00:37:21 3.8 Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian rule
00:38:34 4 Genetic studies
00:38:43 4.1 Demographic investigation
00:39:25 4.2 Y-DNA and mtDNA comparisons
00:42:52 5 Demographics
00:43:01 5.1 Figures
00:45:18 5.2 Community survival
00:47:31 5.3 Samaritan origins of Palestinian Muslims in Nablus
00:49:47 6 Samaritanism
00:50:27 6.1 Samaritan Temple
00:51:51 6.2 Religious beliefs
00:53:46 6.3 Relationship to Rabbinic Judaism
00:54:39 6.4 Religious texts
00:57:07 7 Christian sources: New Testament
01:00:08 8 Media
01:00:50 9 See also
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The Samaritans (; Samaritan Hebrew: ࠔࠠࠌࠝࠓࠩࠉࠌ, translit. Shamerim (שַמֶרִים), Guardians/Keepers/Watchers (of the Torah)) are an ethnoreligious group originating from the Israelites (or Hebrews) of the Ancient Near East.
Ancestrally, Samaritans claim descent from the tribe of Ephraim and tribe of Manasseh (two sons of Joseph) as well as from the Levites, who have links to ancient Samaria (now constituting the majority of the territory known as the West Bank) from the period of their entry into Canaan, while some Orthodox Jews suggest that it was from the beginning of the Babylonian captivity up to the Samaritan polity under the rule of Baba Rabba. Samaritans used to include descendants whose ancestry was ascribed to the Benjamin tribe, but this line became extinct in the 1960s. According to Samaritan tradition, the split between them and the Judean-led Southern Israelites began during the biblical time of the priest Eli when the Southern Israelites split off from the central Israelite tradition, as they perceive it.In the Talmud, a central post-exilic religious text of Rabbinic Judaism, the Samaritans are called Cutheans (Hebrew: כּוּתִים, Kutim), referring to the ancient city of Kutha, geographically located in what is today Iraq. In the biblical account, however, Kuthah was one of several cities from which people were brought to Samaria, and they worshiped Nergal. Modern genetics partially support both the claims of the Samaritans and the account in the Hebrew Bible (and Talmud), suggesting that the genealogy of the Samaritans lies in some combination of these two accounts. Genetically, modern Samaritan populations are found to have much greater affinity genetically to Jews than to neighbouring Palestinian Arabs. This suggests that the Samaritans remained a genetically isolated population.The Samaritans are adherents of Samaritanism, a religion closely related to Judaism. Samaritans believe that their worship, which is based on the Samaritan Pentateuch, is the true religion of the ancient Israelites from before the Babylonian captivity, preserved by those who remained in the Land of Israel, as opposed to Judaism, which they see as a related but altered and amended religion, brought back by those returning from the Babylonian Captivity. The Samaritans believe that Mount Gerizim was the original Holy Place of Israel from the time that Joshua conquered Canaan. The major issue between Jews and Samaritans has always been the location of the Chosen Place to worship God: The Temple Mount of Moriah in Jerusalem according to Judaism or Mount Gerizim according to Samarita ...
Samaritan Pentateuch | Wikipedia audio article
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The Samaritan Pentateuch, also known as the Samaritan Torah (Hebrew: תורה שומרונית torah shomronit), is a text of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, written in the Samaritan alphabet and used as scripture by the Samaritans. It constitutes their entire biblical canon.
Some six thousand differences exist between the Samaritan and the Masoretic Text. Most are minor variations in the spelling of words or grammatical constructions, but others involve significant semantic changes, such as the uniquely Samaritan commandment to construct an altar on Mount Gerizim. Nearly two thousand of these textual variations agree with the Koine Greek Septuagint and some are shared with the Latin Vulgate. Throughout their history, Samaritans have made use of translations of the Samaritan Pentateuch into Aramaic, Greek and Arabic as well as liturgical and exegetical works based upon it.
It first became known to the Western world in 1631, proving the first example of the Samaritan alphabet and sparking an intense theological debate regarding its relative age versus the Masoretic text. Some Pentateuchal manuscripts discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls have been identified as bearing a pre-Samaritan text type. Wide agreement now exists among textual critics that the Samaritan Pentateuch represents an authentic ancient textual tradition despite the presence of some unique variants introduced by the Samaritans.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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The Samaritans (; Samaritan Hebrew: ࠔࠠࠌࠝࠓࠩࠉࠌ, translit. Shamerim (שַמֶרִים), Guardians/Keepers/Watchers (of the Torah)) are an ethnoreligious group of the Levant originating from the Israelites (or Hebrews) of the Ancient Near East.
Ancestrally, Samaritans claim descent from the tribe of Ephraim and tribe of Manasseh (two sons of Joseph) as well as from the Levites, who have links to ancient Samaria (now constituting the majority of the territory known as the West Bank) from the period of their entry into Canaan, while some Orthodox Jews suggest that it was from the beginning of the Babylonian captivity up to the Samaritan polity under the rule of Baba Rabba. Samaritans used to include descendants who ascribed to the Benjamin tribe, but this line became extinct in the 1960s. According to Samaritan tradition, the split between them and the Judean-led Southern Israelites began during the biblical time of the priest Eli when the Southern Israelites split off from the central Israelite tradition, as they perceive it.In the Talmud, a central post-exilic religious text of Rabbinic Judaism, the Samaritans are called Cutheans (Hebrew: כּוּתִים, Kutim), referring to the ancient city of Kutha, geographically located in what is today Iraq. In the biblical account, however, Kuthah was one of several cities from which people were brought to Samaria, and they worshiped Nergal. Modern genetics partially support both the claims of the Samaritans and the account in the Hebrew Bible (and Talmud), suggesting that the genealogy of the Samaritans lies in some combination of these two accounts. Genetically, modern Samaritan populations are found to have much greater affinity genetically to Jews than to neighbouring Palestinian Arabs. This suggests that the Samaritans remained a genetically isolated population.The Samaritans are adherents of Samaritanism, a religion closely related to Judaism. Samaritans believe that their worship, which is based on the Samaritan Pentateuch, is the true religion of the ancient Israelites from before the Babylonian captivity, preserved by those who remained in the Land of Israel, as opposed to Judaism, which they see as a related but altered and amended religion, brought back by those returning from the Babylonian Captivity. The Samaritans believe that Mount Gerizim was the original Holy Place of Israel from the time that Joshua conquered Canaan. The major issue between Jews and Samaritans has always been the location of the Chosen Place to worship God: Mount Zion in Jerusalem according to the Jewish faith or Mount Gerizim according to the Samaritan faith.Once a large community, the Samaritan population appears to have shrunk significantly in the wake of the bloody suppression of the Samaritan Revolts (mainly in 529 CE and 555 CE) against the Byzantine Empire. Conversion to Christianity under the Byzantines also reduced their numbers. Conversions to Islam took place as well, and by the mid–Middle Ages, Benjamin of Tudela estimated only around 1,900 Samaritans remained in Palestine and Syria. As of January 1, 2017, the population was 796, divided between Qiryat Luza on Mount Gerizim and the city of Holon, just outside Tel Aviv. Most Samaritans in Holon and Qiryat Luza today speak Hebrew and Arabic. For liturgical purposes, Samaritan Hebrew, Samaritan Aramaic, and Arabic are used, all written with the Samaritan alphabet, a variant of the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet, which is distinct from the Hebrew alphabet. Hebrew and later Aramaic were languages in use by the Jewish and Samaritan inhabitants of Judea (the name by which Israel was known during part of the Second Temple era) before the Roman exile.Samaritans have a stand-alone religious status in Israel, and there are occasional conversions from Judaism to Samaritanism and vice versa due to marriages. While the Israeli Rabbinic authorities consider Samaritanism to be a bra ...
Samaritans | Wikipedia audio article
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Samaritans
00:04:17 1 Etymology
00:06:33 2 Origins
00:06:42 2.1 Samaritan sources
00:09:55 2.2 Jewish sources
00:14:40 2.3 Dead Sea scrolls
00:15:09 2.4 Assyrian account of the conquest and settlement of Samaria
00:16:57 3 History
00:17:06 3.1 Iron Age
00:18:49 3.2 Persian period
00:22:38 3.3 Hellenic era
00:22:47 3.3.1 Antiochus IV Epiphanes and Hellenization
00:25:02 3.3.2 Hasmonean influence
00:25:49 3.4 Roman period
00:25:58 3.4.1 Early Roman era
00:27:28 3.4.2 Byzantine times
00:30:03 3.5 Middle Ages
00:31:23 3.6 Ottoman rule
00:32:25 3.7 British Mandate
00:32:56 3.8 Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian rule
00:34:00 4 Genetic studies
00:34:09 4.1 Demographic investigation
00:34:48 4.2 Y-DNA and mtDNA comparisons
00:37:56 5 Demographics
00:39:29 5.1 Community survival
00:41:24 5.2 Samaritan origins of Palestinian Muslims in Nablus
00:43:23 6 Samaritanism
00:43:59 6.1 Samaritan Temple
00:45:13 6.2 Religious beliefs
00:46:56 6.3 Relationship to Rabbinic Judaism
00:47:44 6.4 Religious texts
00:49:57 7 Christian sources: New Testament
00:52:39 8 Media
00:53:17 9 See also
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The Samaritans (; Samaritan Hebrew: ࠔࠠࠌࠝࠓࠩࠉࠌ, translit. Shamerim (שַמֶרִים), Guardians/Keepers/Watchers (of the Torah)) are an ethnoreligious group of the Levant originating from the Israelites (or Hebrews) of the Ancient Near East.
Ancestrally, Samaritans claim descent from the tribe of Ephraim and tribe of Manasseh (two sons of Joseph) as well as from the Levites, who have links to ancient Samaria (now constituting the majority of the territory known as the West Bank) from the period of their entry into Canaan, while some Orthodox Jews suggest that it was from the beginning of the Babylonian captivity up to the Samaritan polity under the rule of Baba Rabba. Samaritans used to include descendants who ascribed to the Benjamin tribe, but this line became extinct in the 1960s. According to Samaritan tradition, the split between them and the Judean-led Southern Israelites began during the biblical time of the priest Eli when the Southern Israelites split off from the central Israelite tradition, as they perceive it.In the Talmud, a central post-exilic religious text of Rabbinic Judaism, the Samaritans are called Cutheans (Hebrew: כּוּתִים, Kutim), referring to the ancient city of Kutha, geographically located in what is today Iraq. In the biblical account, however, Kuthah was one of several cities from which people were brought to Samaria, and they worshiped Nergal. Modern genetics partially support both the claims of the Samaritans and the account in the Hebrew Bible (and Talmud), suggesting that the genealogy of the Samaritans lies in some combination of these two accounts. Genetically, modern Samaritan populations are found to have much greater affinity genetically to Jews than to neighbouring Palestinian Arabs. This suggests that the Samaritans remained a genetically isolated population.The Samaritans are adherents of Samaritanism, a religion closely related to Judaism. Samaritans believe that their worship, which is based on the Samaritan Pentateuch, is the true religion of the ancient Israelites from before the Babylonian captivity, preserved by those who remained in the Land of Israel, as opposed to Judaism, which they see as a related but altered and amended religion, brought back by those returning from the Babylonian Captivity. The Samaritans believe that Mount Gerizim was the original Holy Place of Israel from the time that Joshua conquered Canaan. The major issue between Jews and Samaritans has always been the location of the Chosen Place to worship God: The Temple Mount of Moriah in Jerusalem according to the Jewish faith or Mount Gerizim according to the Samaritan faith.Once a large community, the Samaritan population appears to have shrunk significantly in the wake of the bloody suppression of the Samaritan Revolts (mainly in 529 CE and 555 CE) against t ...
Samaritans | Wikipedia audio article
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The Samaritans (; Samaritan Hebrew: ࠔࠠࠌࠝࠓࠩࠉࠌ, translit. Shamerim (שַמֶרִים), Guardians/Keepers/Watchers (of the Torah)) are an ethnoreligious group of the Levant originating from the Israelites (or Hebrews) of the Ancient Near East.
Ancestrally, Samaritans claim descent from the tribe of Ephraim and tribe of Manasseh (two sons of Joseph) as well as from the Levites, who have links to ancient Samaria (now constituting the majority of the territory known as the West Bank) from the period of their entry into Canaan, while some Orthodox Jews suggest that it was from the beginning of the Babylonian captivity up to the Samaritan polity under the rule of Baba Rabba. Samaritans used to include descendants who ascribed to the Benjamin tribe, but this line became extinct in the 1960s. According to Samaritan tradition, the split between them and the Judean-led Southern Israelites began during the biblical time of the priest Eli when the Southern Israelites split off from the central Israelite tradition, as they perceive it.In the Talmud, a central post-exilic religious text of Rabbinic Judaism, the Samaritans are called Cutheans (Hebrew: כּוּתִים, Kutim), referring to the ancient city of Kutha, geographically located in what is today Iraq. In the biblical account, however, Kuthah was one of several cities from which people were brought to Samaria, and they worshiped Nergal. Modern genetics partially support both the claims of the Samaritans and the account in the Hebrew Bible (and Talmud), suggesting that the genealogy of the Samaritans lies in some combination of these two accounts. Genetically, modern Samaritan populations are found to have much greater affinity genetically to Jews than to neighbouring Palestinian Arabs. This suggests that the Samaritans remained a genetically isolated population.The Samaritans are adherents of Samaritanism, a religion closely related to Judaism. Samaritans believe that their worship, which is based on the Samaritan Pentateuch, is the true religion of the ancient Israelites from before the Babylonian captivity, preserved by those who remained in the Land of Israel, as opposed to Judaism, which they see as a related but altered and amended religion, brought back by those returning from the Babylonian Captivity. The Samaritans believe that Mount Gerizim was the original Holy Place of Israel from the time that Joshua conquered Canaan. The major issue between Jews and Samaritans has always been the location of the Chosen Place to worship God: Mount Zion in Jerusalem according to the Jewish faith or Mount Gerizim according to the Samaritan faith.Once a large community, the Samaritan population appears to have shrunk significantly in the wake of the bloody suppression of the Samaritan Revolts (mainly in 529 CE and 555 CE) against the Byzantine Empire. Conversion to Christianity under the Byzantines also reduced their numbers. Conversions to Islam took place as well, and by the mid–Middle Ages, Benjamin of Tudela estimated only around 1,900 Samaritans remained in Palestine and Syria. As of January 1, 2017, the population was 796, divided between Qiryat Luza on Mount Gerizim and the city of Holon, just outside Tel Aviv. Most Samaritans in Holon and Qiryat Luza today speak Hebrew and Arabic. For liturgical purposes, Samaritan Hebrew, Samaritan Aramaic, and Arabic are used, all written with the Samaritan alphabet, a variant of the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet, which is distinct from the Hebrew alphabet. Hebrew and later Aramaic were languages in use by the Jewish and Samaritan inhabitants of Judea (the name by which Israel was known during part of the Second Temple era) before the Roman exile.Samaritans have a stand-alone religious status in Israel, and there are occasional conversions from Judaism to Samaritanism and vice versa due to marriages. While the Israeli Rabbinic authorities consider Samaritanism to be a branch of Judaism, the Chief Rabbinate of Israel requires Samaritans to official ...
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Judaism
00:03:52 1 Defining characteristics and principles of faith
00:04:04 1.1 Defining characteristics
00:07:35 1.2 Core tenets
00:10:53 2 Jewish religious texts
00:12:26 2.1 Jewish legal literature
00:15:33 2.2 Jewish philosophy
00:16:30 2.3 Rabbinic hermeneutics
00:20:34 3 Jewish identity
00:20:43 3.1 Origin of the term Judaism
00:22:57 3.2 Distinction between Jews as a people and Judaism
00:24:43 3.3 Who is a Jew?
00:28:40 3.4 Jewish demographics
00:29:37 4 Jewish religious movements
00:29:47 4.1 Rabbinic Judaism
00:33:30 4.1.1 Sephardi and Mizrahi Judaism
00:34:39 4.1.2 Jewish movements in Israel
00:37:01 4.2 Karaites and Samaritans
00:38:01 4.3 Haymanot (Ethiopian Judaism)
00:38:50 5 Jewish observances
00:39:00 5.1 Jewish ethics
00:39:41 5.2 Prayers
00:41:51 5.3 Religious clothing
00:43:53 5.4 Jewish holidays
00:44:15 5.4.1 Shabbat
00:45:27 5.4.2 Three pilgrimage festivals
00:48:07 5.4.3 High Holy Days
00:49:55 5.4.4 Purim
00:50:44 5.4.5 Hanukkah
00:52:03 5.4.6 Fast days
00:52:38 5.4.7 Israeli holidays
00:53:10 5.5 Torah readings
00:53:34 5.6 Synagogues and religious buildings
00:54:55 5.7 Dietary laws: ikashrut/i
00:58:30 5.8 Laws of ritual purity
00:59:24 5.8.1 Family purity
01:00:54 5.9 Life-cycle events
01:02:38 6 Community leadership
01:02:48 6.1 Classical priesthood
01:04:05 6.2 Prayer leaders
01:07:49 6.3 Specialized religious roles
01:09:20 7 History
01:09:28 7.1 Origins
01:13:04 7.2 Antiquity
01:15:32 7.3 Historical Jewish groupings (to 1700)
01:17:39 7.4 Persecutions
01:18:32 7.5 Hasidism
01:20:38 7.6 The Enlightenment and new religious movements
01:22:48 7.7 Spectrum of observance
01:24:19 8 Judaism and other religions
01:24:29 8.1 Christianity and Judaism
01:29:05 8.2 Islam and Judaism
01:31:31 8.3 Syncretic movements incorporating Judaism
01:32:55 9 See also
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Judaism (originally from Hebrew יהודה, Yehudah, Judah; via Latin and Greek) is the religion of the Jewish people. It is an ancient, monotheistic, Abrahamic religion with the Torah as its foundational text. It encompasses the religion, philosophy, and culture of the Jewish people. Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenant that God established with the Children of Israel. Judaism encompasses a wide corpus of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization. The Torah is part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or the Hebrew Bible, and supplemental oral tradition represented by later texts such as the Midrash and the Talmud. With between 14.5 and 17.4 million adherents worldwide, Judaism is the tenth largest religion in the world.
Within Judaism there are a variety of movements, most of which emerged from Rabbinic Judaism, which holds that God revealed his laws and commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of both the Written and Oral Torah. Historically, this assertion was challenged by various groups such as the Sadducees and Hellenistic Judaism during the Second Temple period; the Karaites and Sabbateans during the early and later medieval period; and among segments of the modern non-Orthodox denominations. Modern branches of Judaism such as Humanistic Judaism may be nontheistic. Today, the largest Jewish religious movements are Orthodox Judaism (Haredi Judaism and Modern Orthodox Judaism), Conservative Judaism, and Reform Judaism. Major sources of difference between these groups are their approaches to Jewish law, the authority of the Rabbinic tradition, and the significance of the State of Israel. Orthodox Judaism maintains that the Torah and Jewish law are divine in origin, eternal and unalterable, and that they should be strictly followed. Conservative and Reform Judaism are more liberal, with Conservative Judaism generally promoting a more traditionalist interpretation of Judaism's requirements than Reform Judaism. A typical Reform position is that Jewish law should be viewed as a set of general guidelines rather than a ...