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Samaritans originally were Israelites of the Northern Kingdom (2 Kings 17:29). After the 721 B.C. exile, a "remnant of Israel" remained in the land. Assyrian captives from distant places also settled there (2 Kings 17:24). This led to the intermarriage of some, though not all, Jews with Gentiles and to widespread worship of foreign gods. By the time the Jews returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple and the walls of Jerusalem, Ezra and Nehemiah refused to let the Samaritans share in the experience (Ezra 4:1-3; Neh. 4:7). The old antagonism between Israel to the north and Judah to the south intensified the quarrel. In the days of Jesus, the relationship between the Jews and the Samaritans was greatly strained (Luke 9:52-54; 10:25-37; 17:11-19; John 8:48). The animosity was so great that the Jews went an extra distance through the barren land of Perea on the eastern side of the Jordan to avoid going through Samaria.
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∙ 12y agoJews typically saw the Samaritans as "Ger Bitocham" or "The Strangers Among You" and treated them with less esteem than they treated other Jews. This is not to say that they treated them violently, but would be the equivalent of how Whites treat Blacks in the South United States after the Civil Rights Movement.
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What are Gentiles or Samaritans?
Gentiles are anyone who is not Jewish.Samaritans are an ethnic group of Jewish descent with a complex history. See the Web Link to the left for more details.
Who are the samaritans in ancient?
Samaritans believe that God sanctified Mount Gerizim (outside modern Nablus) as the holy site for sacrifices. Jews say the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. This division may be a relic of the division between Judah and Israel before the Babylonian Exile, with the Samaritans being a remnant of the population of the northern kingdom of Israel that managed to hang onto their original homes through the invasions that destroyed that kingdom. The Samaritan Torah has been passed down through the past 2500 years through an independent scribal tradition from the Jewish Torah. The two Torahs differ in about 6000 places, mostly small variations in spelling or grammar, but a few significant places. The Samaritans entirely reject the Jewish texts added to The Bible after the Torah.Note: The question was in the past tense, but I've answered in the present tense. Samaritans still exist, they are not confined to an old Christian parable.
What origins come of the Jewish hatred for the Samaritans?
Jews had a hatred for the samaritins , as they were considered outccasts and they had no dealings with them, as they used to do idol worship and many things against the laws of God and Moses.
What happens in the story of the good Samaritan?
Samaritans were people that the other people in that time looked down on --- sort of how people today make fun of Jewish people. They would say the Samaritans were dumb and lazy and mean. One day a man was robbed and beaten up. He couldn't even get up out of the ditch at the side of the road. People kept going past him, saying 'I can't get involved.' A Samaritan man was going down the road and he stopped. He helped the man up, then he took him to his own house, bandaged his injuries, and fed him. The "worthless" Samaritan was the only person who would help that man.
Who were the samaritans and what did the people of judah think of them?
The Samaritans were converts who were brought after the destruction of Jerusalem. The majority of the Hebrew population was taken off to Babylon as prisoners, but some Samaritan converts remained behind. They broke the laws of Moses by intermarrying with the local peoples and became, in a sense, "half-breeds". When the Jews returned from their exile they shunned these people. The half-breeds were not allowed to return to Judah or Jerusalem and so they settled in the region of Samaria from which they took their name. At the time of Jesus Samaritans were no longer considered Jews on any level though the Samaritans still held to some Jewish religious practices. The word "Samaritan" became a by-word to the Israelites and they hated them. The Jews use the name in a derogative way towards Jesus saying, "You Samaritan!"
What nationality was only half Jewish?
The Samaritans
Are Gentiles and Samaritans the same thing?
The gentiles were any people that were not Israelites. So anyone that was not from the nation of Israel was considered a gentile. The Samaritans on the other hand were a people resulting from the intermixing of Israelites and Canaanites. During the Assyrian captivity some of the Israelites were left in the region of Samaria (the former capital of Israel). There were not a sufficient number of Israelites to remain separate and perpetuate the people so they intermarried with the native people of Canaan. This intermarriage was not allowed by Jewish law. Since the Samaritans had intermarried the Jewish people rejected them as Israelites. This lead the Samaritans to set up a temple of their own on Mt Gerazim. This caused an additional reason for the reject of the Samaritans by the Jewish people (who claimed that all must worship at the temple in Jerusalem).
At the time of Jesus why did people look down at the samaritans?
Mainly as they were not Jews and believed in idol worship, and their beliefs were wrong according to the Jewish one.
Why are Samaritans not accepted by the Nation of Israel?
Samaritans are accepted by the State of Israel (i.e. they can enter and leave, have freedom and movement, and can apply for citizenship), but Samaritans are not accepted as Jews. Samaritans, during the times of Jewish presence in what is now called Israel and Palestine, were not Jews and did not observe Jewish rituals. They were co-inhabitants. (This is similar to how whites and blacks are co-inhabitants of the United States. They both come from the same cities and towns, but are not the same race.)
Who did not like the people of sameria?
The Jews did not and still do not like the samaritans. The reason is because they are half-breeds in the Jew's eyes. Which means that they are half Jewish and half gentile or non-jew.
How do Jewish people feel during and after the ceremony of a newborn baby?
They generally feel happy.
The samaritans betrayed the Jewish faih by marrying someone of what religion?
The samaritans betrayed the Jewish faith by marrying the Jews.Biblical answer (highly simplified):When the Jews of the Northern Kingdom (Israel, as opposed to Judah) were taken into Assyrian captivity, the king of Assyria repopulated the region of Samaria with people from pagan nations (2 Kings 17:23, 24). Upon the Jews' return from captivity, they intermarried with these pagan peoples and developed a system of worship that was contrary to God's commandments (2 Kings 17:33, 34). It was for both of these reasons that "pure" Jews held the Samaritans in great contempt.
Is samaritans a religious leader?
No, the Samaritans are a people. Samaritans believe that God sanctified Mount Gerizim (outside modern Nablus) as the holy site for sacrifices. Jews say the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. This division may be a relic of the division between Judah and Israel before the Babylonian Exile, with the Samaritans being a remnant of the population of the northern kingdom of Israel that managed to hang onto their original homes through the invasions that destroyed that kingdom. The Samaritan Torah has been passed down through the past 2500 years through an independent scribal tradition from the Jewish Torah. The two Torahs differ in about 6000 p rlaces, mostly small variations in spelling or grammar, but a few significant places. The Samaritans entirely reject the Jewish texts added to The Bible after the Torah.
Who were the Samaritans and what did the people Judah think of them?
Samaritans are a community that traces itself to the survivors of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (the so-called 10 lost tribes). They stayed on the land when Assyria invaded and were there when the Jewish leadership returned from the Babylonian exile. The Samaritan religion is based on the Torah, although the Samaritan Torah has a number of mostly small differences from the Jewish Torah. Samaritans reject the legitimacy of the Temple in Jerusalem, an to this day, they perform sacrificial rituals on Mount Gerizim (outside Nablus). Samaritans also reject the canonization of the Hebrew Bible beyond the Torah, since so much of the later part of the Hebrew Bible focuses on the Temple in Jerusalem and the Jerusalem-centered kingdom of David. Today, both Israel and the Palestinian Authority recognize Samaritans as legitimate residents of the region.
Why don't people like Samaritans?
People in general have no reason to like or dislike Samaritans, either now or 2000 years ago. The Jewish community had a disagreement back then because the Samaritans hold that God sanctified Mount Gerizim (outside modern Nablus) as the holy site for sacrifices. Jews said it was the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. This division may be a relic of the division between Judah and Israel before the Babylonian Exile, with the Samaritans being a remnant of the population of the northern kingdom of Israel that managed to hang onto their original homes through the invasions that destroyed that kingdom. The Samaritan Torah has been passed down through the past 2500 years through an independent scribal tradition from the Jewish Torah. The two Torahs differ in about 6000 places, mostly small variations in spelling or grammar, but a few significant places. The Samaritans entirely reject the Jewish texts added to The Bible after the Torah.Note: Today, there are fewer than 1000 Samaritans left, such a small number that nobody begrudges them their eccentric beliefs. Both Israel and the Palestinian authority are neutral or even supportive of this small minority.
Why did people hate the ancient samaritans?
Generally, the ancient samaritans were hated by the Jews and the Greeks. To the Jews, Greeks were "Gentiles", meaning that they were not Jews. Therefore, they were polytheistic (they believed in more than one god) and unclean. To marry a Gentile would be a heinous crime in the Jewish community. Samaritans were generally Jews and Greeks that were intermarried. Once this was found out, both individuals (the Jew and the Greek) would be cast out of their own communities, forcing Samaritans to build their own towns and cities. To sum it up, a Jew would be hated for marrying a Gentile for the above-listed reasons, and Greeks would also be hated for marrying out of their polytheistic religion.
Are Samaritans usually Christian?
No. They are a Jewish sect. The only reason "Good Samaritan" is a Christian expression, is because Of Christ's Parable about the Good Samaritan.
