Samaritanism
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Samaritanism is an ancient monotheistic religion closely related to Judaism, centered on the Samaritan community’s distinct interpretation of the Torah and its own priestly and ritual traditions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samaritanism canonical | 28 |
| Samaritan | 4 |
| Samaritan community | 3 |
| Samaritans | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T158839 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Samaritanism Context triple: [Book of Exodus, religiousTradition, Samaritanism]
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Karaite Jews
Karaite Jews are a Jewish religious and ethnic community that recognizes only the Hebrew Bible as authoritative scripture, rejecting the Oral Torah and rabbinic tradition.
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Judaism
Judaism is one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions, centered on the covenant between God and the Jewish people and expressed through the Hebrew Bible, law, and tradition.
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C.
Druze
The Druze are a small, monotheistic religious and ethnonational community originating in the Levant, known for their esoteric beliefs, strong communal cohesion, and significant presence in Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.
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D.
Second Temple Judaism
Second Temple Judaism was the form of Jewish religion and culture that developed between the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple in the late 6th century BCE and its destruction in 70 CE, characterized by diverse sects, evolving scriptural interpretation, and the foundations of later rabbinic Judaism.
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E.
Jews
Jews are an ethnoreligious group originating from the ancient Israelites and Hebrews, historically associated with Judaism and a shared cultural, religious, and national identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Samaritanism Target entity description: Samaritanism is an ancient monotheistic religion closely related to Judaism, centered on the Samaritan community’s distinct interpretation of the Torah and its own priestly and ritual traditions.
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A.
Karaite Jews
Karaite Jews are a Jewish religious and ethnic community that recognizes only the Hebrew Bible as authoritative scripture, rejecting the Oral Torah and rabbinic tradition.
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B.
Judaism
Judaism is one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions, centered on the covenant between God and the Jewish people and expressed through the Hebrew Bible, law, and tradition.
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C.
Druze
The Druze are a small, monotheistic religious and ethnonational community originating in the Levant, known for their esoteric beliefs, strong communal cohesion, and significant presence in Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.
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D.
Second Temple Judaism
Second Temple Judaism was the form of Jewish religion and culture that developed between the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple in the late 6th century BCE and its destruction in 70 CE, characterized by diverse sects, evolving scriptural interpretation, and the foundations of later rabbinic Judaism.
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E.
Jews
Jews are an ethnoreligious group originating from the ancient Israelites and Hebrews, historically associated with Judaism and a shared cultural, religious, and national identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Abrahamic religion
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ancient religion ⓘ monotheistic religion ⓘ |
| centeredOn |
Samaritanism
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Samaritan community
|
| centralHolySite | Mount Gerizim GENERATED ⓘ |
| coreBelief |
centrality of the Torah
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chosenness of Israel ⓘ coming of the Taheb ⓘ oneness of God ⓘ sanctity of Mount Gerizim ⓘ |
| differsFromJudaismIn |
calendar details
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canonical scriptures GENERATED ⓘ holy place ⓘ text of the Pentateuch ⓘ |
| doesNotRecognizeAsScripture |
Ketuvim
ⓘ
Neviim GENERATED ⓘ |
| emergedFrom | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| emphasizesCommandment |
pilgrimage to Mount Gerizim
GENERATED
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strict Sabbath observance ⓘ |
| follows |
Five Books of Moses
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surface form:
Samaritan Torah
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| hasHighPriest | Samaritan High Priest GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasPopulation | very small contemporary community ⓘ |
| hasPriesthood | Samaritan priesthood GENERATED ⓘ |
| historicalCommunityLocatedIn |
Holon
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Mount Gerizim area ⓘ Nablus GENERATED ⓘ |
| languageUsedInLiturgy |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Samaritan Hebrew GENERATED ⓘ |
| observes |
Passover
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surface form:
Festival of Unleavened Bread
Passover ⓘ Sabbath ⓘ Shavuot ⓘ Sukkot ⓘ |
| originatedInRegion |
Samaria
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surface form:
ancient Samaria
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| performsPassoverSacrificeAt | Mount Gerizim GENERATED ⓘ |
| recognizesAsScripture | Pentateuch GENERATED ⓘ |
| regardsAsOnlyProphetAfterMoses | Joshua GENERATED ⓘ |
| regardsAsProphet | Moses GENERATED ⓘ |
| rejects | oral Torah of Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ |
| rejectsAsHolySite | Jerusalem Temple Mount GENERATED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnoreligiousGroup | Samaritans GENERATED ⓘ |
| scriptureName | Samaritan Pentateuch GENERATED ⓘ |
| selfDesignationForCommunity | Shamerim GENERATED ⓘ |
| sharesOriginWith | Judaism ⓘ |
| termForExpectedRestorer | Taheb GENERATED ⓘ |
| usesScript | Samaritan script ⓘ |
| viewsAsOriginalIsraeliteReligion | its own tradition GENERATED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Samaritanism Description of subject: Samaritanism is an ancient monotheistic religion closely related to Judaism, centered on the Samaritan community’s distinct interpretation of the Torah and its own priestly and ritual traditions.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.