Editing Samaritans (section)

=== Religious beliefs ===
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* There is one [[God]], [[YHWH]], (informally referred to by Samaritans as [[Names of God in Judaism#HaShem|Shema]]), the same God recognized by the [[Hebrew prophets]].
* The [[Torah]] was given by God to [[Moses]].
* Mount Gerizim, not Jerusalem, is the one true sanctuary chosen by Israel's God.
* Many Samaritans believe that at the end of days, the dead will be [[resurrection|resurrected]] by the Taheb, a restorer (possibly a prophet, some say Moses).
* Resurrection and Paradise. Samaritans accept the [[Universal resurrection|resurrection of the dead]] on the basis of Deuteronomy 32 also known as the [[Haazinu#In Samaritan interpretation|Song of Moses]], a tradition that is traced back to their sage [[Marqah]].{{sfn|Tsedaka|Sullivan|2013|p=485}}
* The priests are the interpreters of the law and the keepers of tradition; scholars are secondary to the priesthood.
* The authority of post-Torah sections of the Tanakh, and classical Jewish [[Rabbinic literature|Rabbinical works]] (the [[Talmud]], comprising the [[Mishnah]] and the [[Gemara]]) is rejected.
* They have a [[Ten Commandments#Samaritan|significantly different version]] of the [[Ten Commandments]] (for example, their 10th commandment is about the sanctity of Mount Gerizim).

The Samaritans have retained an offshoot of the [[Samaritan alphabet|Ancient Hebrew script]], a [[Samaritan High Priest|High Priesthood]], the slaughtering and eating of [[Lamb and mutton|lambs]] on [[Passover]] eve, and the celebration of the first month's beginning around springtime as the New Year. Yom Teru'ah (the biblical name for "[[Rosh Hashanah]]"), at the beginning of [[Tishrei]], is not considered a [[New Year]] as it is in Rabbinic Judaism. The [[Samaritan Pentateuch]] differs from the Jewish [[Masoretic Text]] as well. Some differences are doctrinal: for example, the Samaritan Torah explicitly states that Mount Gerizim is "the place that God {{em|has chosen}}" to establish his name, as opposed to the Jewish Torah that refers to "the place that God {{em|chooses}}". Other differences are minor and seem more or less accidental.

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File:Samaritans.jpg|Samaritans, from a photo {{c.|1900}} by the [[Palestine Exploration Fund]].
File:Lilien The Samaritan.jpg|''The Samaritan'', engraving, ''c'', by [[Ephraim Moses Lilien]]. 1920
File:2106 WLM - OVEDC - Mount Gerizim - SUKUT 15.jpg|[[Sukkot]] on Mount Gerizim
File:Bitknest2.jpg|Entrance to a modern Samaritan synagogue in [[Neve Pinchas]] neighborhood, [[Holon]], Israel
File:Samaritans' Passover at Mount Gerizim 5671133587.jpg|Samaritans' Passover at Mount Gerizim 
File:PikiWiki Israel 47519 Samaritan museum on mount Grizim.JPG|The Samaritan Museum, [[Kiryat Luza]], [[Mount Gerizim]]

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