The Samaritans of Samaria ( see map at Iudaea Province ), had their temple on Mount Gerizim, and along with some other differences, see Samaritanism, were in conflict with Jews of Judea and Galilee and other regions who had their Temple in Jerusalem and practiced Judaism.

The Samaritans followed a slightly different course, which may indicate an earlier custom among the Hebrews ; the former practiced the levirate only when the woman was betrothed and the marriage had not been consummated.

Samaritans ' international reach is through Befrienders Worldwide, an organisation of over 400 centres in 38 countries offering similar activities.

A number of other helplines exist that offer a similar service to Samaritans.

Samaritans once wore distinctive blue head coverings to separate them from Jews who wore white ones, but today they more commonly wear fezes with turbans similar to that of Sephardi Jews from the Middle East and North Africa.

Its pronunciation is highly similar to that of Samaritan Arabic, used by the Samaritans in prayer.

Religiously the Samaritans are adherents of Samaritanism, an Abrahamic religion closely related to Judaism.

Based on the Samaritan Torah, Samaritans claim their worship is the true religion of the ancient Israelites prior to the Babylonian Exile, preserved by those who remained in the Land of Israel, as opposed to Judaism, which they assert is a related but altered and amended religion, brought back by those returning from exile.

Religiously the Samaritans are adherents of Samaritanism, an Abrahamic religion closely related to Judaism.

Based on the Samaritan Torah, Samaritans claim their worship is the true religion of the ancient Israelites prior to the Babylonian Exile, preserved by those who remained in the Land of Israel, as opposed to Judaism, which they assert is a related but altered and amended religion brought back by those returning from exile.

Samaritans, followers of an Abrahamic religion closely related to Judaism that recognizes only the first five ( or six ) books of the Bible as canonical, celebrate only one day of Shemini Atzeret.

The mountain continues to be the centre of Samaritan religion to this day, and over 90 % of the worldwide population of Samaritans live in very close proximity to Gerizim, mostly in Kiryat Luza, the main village.

The site has a significant issue in regard to the Biblical account of Joshua's altar, as it is located on the north side of the mountain, and not the south side facing Mount Gerizim, making a curse & blessing ritual held there and on Gerizim somewhat difficult to hold antiphonally ; the excavating archaeologist proposed that this could be resolved by identifying a mountain to the north as Gerizim rather than the usual location, though the suggestion was ridiculed by both the Samaritans, who found it offensive to move the centre of their religion, and by other scholars and archaeologists.

Karaite Jews and Samaritans use different versions of the Jewish calendar, which are often out of sync with the modern Jewish calendar by one or two days.

In the Biblical account, however, Cuthah was just one of several cities from which people were brought to Samaria, and the Samaritans were later called " Cutheans " to spite them, with the added assertion that the men of Kuth made Nergal their god.

It has been posited that an ancient belief existed among the Jews and Samaritans that both the wisest and most aged among them would grow caprine horns, which were known euphemistically as " rays of light " ( נקודת אור ), hence the following ancient Hebrew dictums:

Samaritans adhere to a version of the Torah, known as the Samaritan Pentateuch, which differs in some respects from the Masoretic text, sometimes in important ways, and less so from the Septuagint.

Samaritans employ the Samaritan alphabet which is derived from the paleo-Hebrew alphabet used by the Israelite community prior to the Babylonian captivity.

* Samaritans of Singapore is a non-profit and non-religious organisation which aims to provide 24-hour confidential emotional support to people in crisis, thinking of suicide or affected by suicide.

The model for the Samaritan's kindly behavior in the parable may be, in which Samaritans treat Judean prisoners well.

* Ha-Joon Chang, author of Kicking Away the Ladder and Bad Samaritans ; Rich Nations, Poor Policies and the Threat to the Developing World which use historical evidence to critique neoliberal development economics.

: Adonai — often translated as " LORD ", it is read in place of YHWH ; Samaritans say Shema, which is Aramaic for " the Name " and is the exact equivalent of the Hebrew " ha-Shem ", which Rabbinic Jews substitute for " Adonai " in a non-liturgical context such as everyday speech.

In Johannine Christology the proclamation " who takes away the sin of the world " begins the unfolding of the salvific theme of the redemptive and sacrificial death of Jesus followed by his resurrection which is built upon in other proclamations such as " this is indeed the Saviour of the world " uttered by the Samaritans in John 4: 42.

Thus, the Samaritans rebelled again under the rule of emperor Anastasius I, reoccupying Mount Gerizim, which was subsequently reconquered by the Byzantine governor of Edessa, Procopius.

The Elephantine papyri are caches of legal documents and letters written in Aramaic, which document a community of Jewish soldiers, with perhaps an admixture of Samaritans, stationed here during the Persian occupation of Egypt.

Following surgery Walk was left in a wheelchair, from which he played wheelchair basketball for the L. A .- Phoenix Samaritans in the Southern California league of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association.

* Chad Varah, founder of the Samaritans, born in Barton-upon-Humber and named after St Chad's church on Waterside Road, for which his father, William Edward Varah, was the vicar

The Samaritans regard themselves as direct descendants of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh in the northern Kingdom of Israel, which was conquered by Assyria in 722 BCE.

The origin of haftarah reading is lost to history, and several theories have been proposed to explain its role in Jewish practice, suggesting it arose in response to the persecution of the Jews under Antiochus Epiphanes which preceded the Maccabean revolt, wherein Torah reading was prohibited, or that it was " instituted against the Samaritans, who denied the canonicity of the Prophets ( except for Joshua ), and later against the Sadducees.

For various reasons ( at least some of which seem to be political ) the returning exiles did not recognize the Samaritans as Jews.

He wrote a television play, Nobody Understands Miranda, which was broadcast by the BBC as part of a six-part series about the Samaritans in 1972.

The passover is celebrated by the Samaritans on Mount Gerizim, and it is additionally considered by them as the location of the near-sacrifice of Isaac ( the masoretic, Septuagint and the Dead Sea Scroll versions of Genesis state that this happened on Mount Moriah which Jews traditionally identify as the Temple Mount ).

The Samaritan Pentateuch version of Deuteronomy, and a fragment found at Qumran, holds that the instruction actually mandated the construction of the altar on Mount Gerizim, which the Samaritans view is the site of the tabernacle, not Shiloh.

Subsequently, in the Persian Period, the Samaritans built a temple there probably in the middle of 5th century BCE., arguing that this was the real location of the Israelite temple which had been destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar,

* There is no mention of Samaritans

:* John 4: 9 – ( Jews have no dealings with Samaritans ), it is one of so-called Western non-interpolations ; omission is supported by D, a, b, d, e, j, cop < sup > fay </ sup >, it was supplemented by the first corrector ( before leaving scriptorium );

The most recent spoken mother tongue of the Samaritans was Arabic, as it is for those in the West Bank city of Nablus.

The inscription of Sargon II records the deportation of a relatively small proportion of the Israelites from Samaria ( 27, 290, according to the annals ), so it is quite possible that a sizable population remained that could identify themselves as Israelites, the term that the Samaritans prefer for themselves.

The text is not clear on this matter, but one possibility is that these " people of the land " were thought of as Samaritans.

It is commonly, though inaccurately, accepted that Samaritans are mainstream Jews.

The antagonism between Samaritans and Jews is important in understanding the Christian Bible's stories of " Parable of the Good Samaritan " and the " Samaritan woman at the well ".

* The Samaritans revolt and are defeated ; the Church of the Nativity is burnt down during the uprising.

As a biblically-mentioned holiday, Shemini Atzeret is also observed by Karaites and Samaritans:

The Samaritan Pentateuch, sometimes called Samaritan Torah, ( Hebrew: תורה שומרונית torah shomroniyt ), is a version of the Hebrew language Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, traditionally written in the Samaritan alphabet and used by the Samaritans.

The most notable of these is Der Hebräische Pentateuch der Samaritaner ( The Hebrew Pentateuch of the Samaritans ) compiled by August von Gall and published in 1918.

Samaritans ( until 2002 known as The Samaritans ) is a registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, often through their telephone helpline.

Samaritans offers support through approximately 17, 000 trained volunteers and is entirely dependent on voluntary support.

Samaritans ' vision is that fewer people die by suicide.

The core of Samaritans ' work is a telephone helpline, operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Samaritans stresses that the service it provides is not counselling, and it will not give advice.