Samaritans

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ancient people ethnoreligious group

Samaritans are an ethnoreligious group originating from the ancient Israelites of the region of Samaria, preserving a distinct form of Israelite religion centered on the Samaritan Pentateuch and worship at Mount Gerizim.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Samaritans canonical	19

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient people ⓘ ethnoreligious group ⓘ
calendar	Samaritan calendar ⓘ
centralBelief	Mount Gerizim area ⓘ surface form: Mount Gerizim is the chosen holy place only the Pentateuch is divinely inspired scripture ⓘ strict monotheism ⓘ
claimsDescentFrom	tribe of Ephraim ⓘ Tribe of Levi ⓘ surface form: tribe of Levi Tribe of Manasseh ⓘ surface form: tribe of Manasseh
country	Israel ⓘ Palestine ⓘ
differsFrom	Rabbinic Judaism in canon and halakha ⓘ
ethnicity	Samaritanism ⓘ surface form: Samaritan
experienced	persecutions and forced conversions in late antiquity ⓘ severe demographic decline under Byzantine rule ⓘ
genePool	shows continuity with ancient Levantine populations ⓘ
historicalPeakPopulation	hundreds of thousands in late antiquity ⓘ
historicalRegion	Samaria ⓘ
historicalText	Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ surface form: Samaritan Targum
holyMountain	Mount Gerizim area ⓘ surface form: Mount Gerizim
language	Levantine Arabic ⓘ surface form: Palestinian Arabic Samaritan Aramaic ⓘ Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalCenter	Mount Gerizim area ⓘ surface form: Mount Gerizim sanctuary
mainCommunity	Holon ⓘ Kiryat Luza ⓘ Nablus area ⓘ
majorFestival	Passover sacrifice on Mount Gerizim ⓘ Shavuot ⓘ Sukkot ⓘ
observes	Sabbath ⓘ dietary laws similar to kashrut ⓘ
originatesFrom	Israelites ⓘ surface form: ancient Israelites
populationSize	fewer than 1000 people in the 21st century ⓘ
primaryScripture	Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ
recognizedAs	minority group in the Palestinian territories ⓘ religious community in Israel ⓘ
rejects	Prophets (Neviim) as canonical scripture ⓘ Ketuvim ⓘ surface form: Writings (Ketuvim) as canonical scripture
religion	Samaritanism ⓘ
religiousLaw	Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ surface form: Torah as preserved in the Samaritan Pentateuch
script	Samaritan script ⓘ
scripturalLanguage	Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
selfDesignation	Shamerim ⓘ
selfDesignationMeaning	Guardians ⓘ Keepers ⓘ
sharesTraditionWith	Judaism ⓘ
traditionalPriesthood	hereditary high priest ⓘ
viewOfJerusalem	does not recognize Jerusalem Temple as divinely chosen site ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samaria → associatedWithPeople → Samaritans ⓘ

Nablus → hasReligiousSignificanceFor → Samaritans ⓘ

Palestinian Jews → hasPart → Samaritans ⓘ

Shechem → religiousGroupAssociation → Samaritans ⓘ

Israelites → ancestralTo → Samaritans ⓘ

Palestine → associatedPeople → Samaritans ⓘ

Mount Gerizim area → isSacredTo → Samaritans ⓘ

Mount Gerizim area → ethnoReligiousCommunityPresent → Samaritans ⓘ

Samaritan script → usedBy → Samaritans ⓘ

Flavia Neapolis → hadInhabitants → Samaritans ⓘ

Flavia Neapolis → religiousSignificanceFor → Samaritans ⓘ

Shevat → usedByCommunity → Samaritans ⓘ

historic Palestine → historicalInhabitants → Samaritans ⓘ

Neapolis → hadMixedPopulation → Samaritans ⓘ

Levantine peoples → hasSubgroup → Samaritans ⓘ

שְׁכֶם → associatedWith → Samaritans ⓘ

subject surface form: שכם

Sanballat the Horonite → ethnicGroup → Samaritans ⓘ

Jewish Israelis → subgroup → Samaritans ⓘ

Semitic peoples → hasModernSubgroup → Samaritans ⓘ