Samaritanism List of religious sites
samaritans atop mount gerizim in 2006.
samaritanism abrahamic or semitic religion closely related to – or considered derivative of – judaism, practiced samaritan (hebrew: שומרונים shomronim, arabic: السامريون as-sāmariyyūn) ethnoreligious group, reside in region of levant , claim ancestry israelites connections ancient eastern mediterranean kingdom of samaria. samaritan ethnoreligious group , subsequent samaritan religion considered be, demographically, smallest of kind in modern times, number of samaritans worldwide totalling @ 712 of late 2007.
adherents of samaritanism consider formation known holy rock, atop summit of mount gerizim (samaritan hebrew: ar-garízim, arabic: جبل جرزيم jabal jarizīm, t.h.: הַר גְּרִזִּים har gərizzîm, s.h.: הַר גְּרִיזִּים har gərizzim; romanized jirziem), holy of holies . comparable temple mount of jerusalem idealized , revered mainstream jews – gerizim located near samaritan village of kiryat luza (الطيبه), adjacent palestinian city of nablus (present-day biblical shechem), in west bank.
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