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==Origin==

==Origin==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English], from Late Latin samaritanus, noun & adjective, from [[Greek]] samaritēs inhabitant of Samaria, from Samari

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English], from Late Latin samaritanus, noun & adjective, from [[Greek]] samaritēs inhabitant of Samaria, from Samari

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: a [[native]] or inhabitant of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria]

*1: a [[native]] or inhabitant of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaria Samaria]

*2: [from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Good_Samaritan parable of the good Samaritan] in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_10 Luke 10:30–37] : a [[person]] who is [[generous]] in helping those in distress  

*2: [from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Good_Samaritan parable of the good Samaritan] in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_10 Luke 10:30–37] : a [[person]] who is [[generous]] in helping those in distress  

==Description==

==Description==

The '''Samaritans''' ([[Hebrew]]: שומרונים‎ Shomronim, Arabic: السامريون‎ as-Sāmariyyūn) are an ethnoreligious [[group]] of the [[Levant]]. Religiously, they are the [[adherents]] to Samaritanism, an [[Abraham]]ic [[religion]] closely related to [[Judaism]]. Based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_Pentateuch Samaritan Torah], Samaritans claim their [[worship]] is the true religion of the ancient [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelites Israelites] prior to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_Exile Babylonian Exile], preserved by those who remained in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Israel Land of Israel], as [[opposed]] to [[Judaism]], which they assert is a related but altered and amended [[religion]] brought back by the [[exile]]d returnees.

The '''Samaritans''' ([[Hebrew]]: שומרונים‎ Shomronim, Arabic: السامريون‎ as-Sāmariyyūn) are an ethnoreligious [[group]] of the [[Levant]]. Religiously, they are the [[adherents]] to Samaritanism, an [[Abraham]]ic [[religion]] closely related to [[Judaism]]. Based on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_Pentateuch Samaritan Torah], Samaritans claim their [[worship]] is the true religion of the ancient [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelites Israelites] prior to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_Exile Babylonian Exile], preserved by those who remained in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Israel Land of Israel], as [[opposed]] to [[Judaism]], which they assert is a related but altered and amended [[religion]] brought back by the [[exile]]d returnees.

With the revival of [[Hebrew]] as a spoken language by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliyah Jewish immigrants] to [[Israel]], and its [[growth]] and officialization following the [[establishment]] of the [[state]], most Samaritans today speak [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language Modern Hebrew], especially in [[Israel]]. As with their counterpart [[Muslim]], [[Christian]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druze Druze] and other Israeli religious [[communities]], the most recent spoken mother tongue of the Samaritans was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language Arabic], and it still is for those in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank West Bank] city of Nablus. For [[liturgical]] [[purposes]], Samaritan Hebrew, Samaritan Aramaic, and Samaritan Arabic are used, all of which are written in the Samaritan [[alphabet]], a variant of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleo-Hebrew_alphabet Old Hebrew alphabet], distinct from the so-called square script "Hebrew alphabet" of Jews and Judaism, which is a stylized form of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_alphabet Aramaic alphabet]. Hebrew, and later Aramaic, were languages in use by the Israelites of Judea prior to the Roman exile, and beyond.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan]

With the revival of [[Hebrew]] as a spoken language by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliyah Jewish immigrants] to [[Israel]], and its [[growth]] and officialization following the [[establishment]] of the [[state]], most Samaritans today speak [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language Modern Hebrew], especially in [[Israel]]. As with their counterpart [[Muslim]], [[Christian]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druze Druze] and other Israeli religious [[communities]], the most recent spoken mother tongue of the Samaritans was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language Arabic], and it still is for those in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank West Bank] city of Nablus. For [[liturgical]] [[purposes]], Samaritan Hebrew, Samaritan Aramaic, and Samaritan Arabic are used, all of which are written in the Samaritan [[alphabet]], a variant of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleo-Hebrew_alphabet Old Hebrew alphabet], distinct from the so-called square script "Hebrew alphabet" of Jews and Judaism, which is a stylized form of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_alphabet Aramaic alphabet]. Hebrew, and later Aramaic, were languages in use by the Israelites of Judea prior to the Roman exile, and beyond.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan]

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_143_-_Going_Through_Samaria#143:4._THE_JEWS_AND_THE_SAMARITANS The Jews and Samaritans]'''''

*'''''[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_143_-_Going_Through_Samaria#143:4._THE_JEWS_AND_THE_SAMARITANS The Jews and Samaritans]'''''

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