Samaritanism

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Samaritanism (Hebrew: הַדָּת הַשּׁוֹמְרוֹנִית, romanized: Ha-dat Ha-Shomronīt; Arabic: السامرية, romanized: Al-Sāmirīyya) is an Abrahamic monotheistic ethnic religion. It comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Samaritan people (Samaritan Hebrew: ࠔࠞࠌࠜࠓࠨࠉࠌ, romanized: Shamerim, Šāmerīm, Šamerim), who often prefer to be called Israelite Samaritans. Samaritanism asserts itself as the truly preserved form of the monotheistic faith that the Israelites kept under Moses. Samaritan belief also holds that the Israelites' original holy site was Mount Gerizim, and that Jerusalem only attained importance under Israelite dissenters who had followed Eli to the city of Shiloh; the Israelites who remained at Mount Gerizim would become the Samaritans in the Kingdom of Israel, whereas the Israelites who departed would become the Jews in the Kingdom of Judah. Mount Gerizim is likewise revered by Samaritans as the location where the Binding of Isaac took place; this belief...

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