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.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Samaritan community 2
Samaritan 1
Samaritans 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Abrahamic religion
ancient religion
monotheistic religion
centeredOn Samaritanism self-linksurface differs
surface form: Samaritan community
centralHolySite Mount Gerizim GENERATED
coreBelief centrality of the Torah
chosenness of Israel
coming of the Taheb
oneness of God
sanctity of Mount Gerizim
differsFromJudaismIn calendar details
canonical scriptures GENERATED
holy place
text of the Pentateuch
doesNotRecognizeAsScripture Ketuvim
Neviim GENERATED
emergedFrom ancient Israelite religion
emphasizesCommandment pilgrimage to Mount Gerizim GENERATED
strict Sabbath observance
follows Five Books of Moses
surface form: Samaritan Torah
hasHighPriest Samaritan High Priest GENERATED
hasPopulation very small contemporary community
hasPriesthood Samaritan priesthood GENERATED
historicalCommunityLocatedIn Holon
Mount Gerizim area
Nablus GENERATED
languageUsedInLiturgy Aramaic
Samaritan Hebrew GENERATED
observes Passover
surface form: Festival of Unleavened Bread

Passover
Sabbath
Shavuot
Sukkot
originatedInRegion Samaria
surface form: ancient Samaria
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

Referenced by (15)

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

Samaritanism centeredOn Samaritanism self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Samaritan community
Shechem culturalContext Samaritanism
this entity surface form: Samaritan
Nablus hasMinorityCommunity Samaritanism
this entity surface form: Samaritan community
Boaz hasReligiousTradition Samaritanism
Passover observedBy Samaritanism
this entity surface form: Samaritans
Ark of the Covenant religion Samaritanism
Samaria religiousSignificance Samaritanism
Book of Exodus religiousTradition Samaritanism
Book of Genesis religiousTradition Samaritanism
Moses religiousTradition Samaritanism
Tribe of Dan religiousTradition Samaritanism
Issachar veneratedIn Samaritanism
God worshipTradition Samaritanism