Editing Samaritans (section)

=== Location of sacrifice ===
According to Samaritans,{{sfn|grizimtour.com}}{{Better source needed|date=January 2023}} it was on Mount Gerizim that Abraham was commanded by God to [[Binding of Isaac|offer his son Isaac]] as a sacrifice.<ref>{{Bibleverse|Genesis|22:2}}</ref> God then causes the sacrifice to be interrupted, explaining that this was the ultimate test of Abraham's obedience, as a result of which all the world would be blessed.

[[File:Harry Fenn. Ruins on the summit of Mount Gerizim, on the site of the Samaritan temple. 1881-1884.jpg|thumb|right|Ruins on Mount Gerizim {{c.|1880}}.]]

The Torah mentions the place where God chooses to establish his name (Deuteronomy 12:5),<ref>{{bibleverse|Deuteronomy|12:5|HE}}</ref> and Judaism believes this refers to Jerusalem. In contrast, the Samaritan text speaks of the place where God {{em|has chosen}} to establish his name, and Samaritans identify it as Mount Gerizim, making it the focus of their spiritual values.

The legitimacy of the Judaic versus Samaritan belief was argued by Jewish scholar [[Andronicus ben Meshullam]] in the 2nd century BCE at the court of [[Ptolemy VI Philometor|King Ptolemy VI Philometor]].

In the New Testament, the [[Gospel of John]] describes an [[Samaritan woman at the well|encounter]] between a Samaritan woman and [[Jesus]].  When the woman realizes that Jesus is the Messiah, she asks Him whether Mount Gerizim or Jerusalem is where God commanded Abraham to bind Isaac. Jesus affirms the Judaic belief, saying "You [the Samaritans] worship what you do not know"; although he also says, "a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem."<ref>{{Bibleverse|John|4:21–22|9}}</ref>