Samaritans of Shechem

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Samaritan community religious community

The Samaritans of Shechem were a distinct Israelite-descended religious community centered around Mount Gerizim near Shechem, maintaining their own version of the Pentateuch and temple traditions separate from mainstream Judaism.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Samaritan community	2
Samaritans of Shechem canonical	1
Samaritans of Sychar	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Samaritan community ⓘ religious community ⓘ
acknowledgesProphet	Joshua ⓘ Moses ⓘ
associatedSite	ruins of Samaritan temple on Mount Gerizim ⓘ
centralBelief	Mount Gerizim as chosen place of God ⓘ rejection of Jerusalem Temple as legitimate sanctuary ⓘ
centralSanctuary	Mount Gerizim area ⓘ surface form: Mount Gerizim
claimsDescentFrom	Tribe of Levi ⓘ surface form: Levitical families tribe of Ephraim ⓘ Tribe of Manasseh ⓘ surface form: tribe of Manasseh
communityStructure	priestly families and lay families ⓘ
considersOthersAs	Jews as schismatic from original Israelite religion ⓘ
dietaryLaw	observance of Pentateuchal kashrut ⓘ
differsFrom	Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ Second Temple Judaism centered on Jerusalem ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Israelite-descended people ⓘ
geographicRegion	Samaria ⓘ central highlands of ancient Israel ⓘ
historicalCenter	Shechem ⓘ
historicalConflictWith	Iudaeorum ⓘ surface form: Judeans
historicalPeriod	documented since Persian period ⓘ
languageTradition	Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage	Samaritan Aramaic ⓘ Samaritan Hebrew ⓘ
locatedNear	Mount Gerizim area ⓘ surface form: Mount Gerizim Shechem ⓘ surface form: ancient city of Shechem
maintainsText	Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ
messianicBelief	Taheb (restorer) figure ⓘ
observes	Passover sacrifice on Mount Gerizim ⓘ Sabbath according to Samaritan law ⓘ biblical festivals according to Samaritan calendar ⓘ
pilgrimageSite	Mount Gerizim during festivals ⓘ
preservesTradition	oral interpretations of the Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ
rejectsText	Ketuvim ⓘ surface form: Ketuvim (Writings) of the Hebrew Bible Neviim ⓘ surface form: Neviim (Prophets) of the Hebrew Bible
religiousLaw	Samaritan halakhah based on Pentateuch ⓘ
religiousLeadership	High Priest of the Samaritans ⓘ
religiousTradition	Samaritanism ⓘ
ritualPractice	circumcision on the eighth day ⓘ strict purity laws ⓘ
scripturalFeature	Samaritan Pentateuch includes command to build altar on Mount Gerizim ⓘ
scriptureName	Samaritan Pentateuch ⓘ surface form: Torah of Moses (Samaritan version)
scriptureType	Pentateuch-only canon ⓘ
selfIdentification	Israelites ⓘ surface form: Benei Yisrael (Children of Israel)
usesCalendar	Samaritan calendar ⓘ surface form: Samaritan lunar-solar calendar
viewsItselfAs	true Israel ⓘ
writingSystem	Samaritan script ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

John Hyrcanus I → opponentOf → Samaritans of Shechem ⓘ

Mount Gerizim area → culturalSignificanceFor → Samaritans of Shechem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samaritan community

Mount Gerizim area → confessionalMajorityInCoreSite → Samaritans of Shechem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samaritan community

John 4 → mentionsPerson → Samaritans of Shechem ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samaritans of Sychar