Who are the Samaritans?
The Samaritans are a small religious group based primarily in Kiryat Luza on Mount Gerizim and near the city of Nablus (Shechem)near Shechem (modern-day Nablus) who claim descent from the Biblical tribes who lives in Sumeria before the Babylonian exile. The Samaritans were at one time part of the Jewish world in Israel (pre-Babylonian Exile) but have since that time broken from Judaism (which they consider a perversion of the faith of the pre-Babylonian Exile Jews). They believe that Mount Gerizim – and not Jerusalem – is where the Holy Temples stood. They reject the Mishnah (Oral Law) and Talmud and have a significantly different list of the Ten Commandments in their Torah (specifically the sanctity of Mount Gerizim).
The Samaritans are a small religious group based primarily in Kiryat Luza on Mount Gerizim and near the city of Shechem (modern-day Nablus) who claim descent from the Biblical tribes who lives in Samaria before the Babylonian exile. The Samaritans were at one time part of the Jewish world in Israel (pre-Babylonian Exile) but have since that time broken from Judaism (which they consider a perversion of the faith of the pre-Babylonian Exile Jews). They believe that Mount Gerizim – and not Jerusalem – is where the Holy Temples stood. They reject the Mishnah (Oral Law) and Talmud and have a significantly different list of the Ten Commandments in their Torah (specifically the sanctity of Mount Gerizim).
