The Samaritans, for their part, did not accept any scriptural texts beyond the Pentateuch. Josephus, however, places Manasseh a century too late. Jesus tells the parable, or story, of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10 of the New Testament. "Thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon" was an expression of opprobrium ( During the Jewish war Cerealis treated the Samaritans with great severity. The Samaritans were a group of people who lived in Samaria - an area north of Jerusalem. Their great treasure is their ancient copy of the Law.
The best account of the Samaritans is Mills, Nablus and the Modern Samaritans (Murray, London); compare Montgomery, The Samaritans (1907). On one occasion (67 AD) he slaughtered 11,600 on Mt. The parable of the Good Samaritan is a story to illustrate how we “love our neighbors as ourselves.” When other people need our help the most, like the man on the road, is when our love for neighbor is truly tested. Gradually-dwindling, they now form a small community in Nablus of not more than 200 souls. 677), the king of Assyria, brought from Babylon and other places and settled in the cities of Samaria, instead of the original inhabitants whom Sargon (B.C. 677), the king of Assyria, brought from Babylon and other places and settled in the cities of Samaria, instead of the original inhabitants whom Sargon (B.C. Gerizim, of which Manasseh became high priest (Ant., XI, vii, 2; viii, 2). In Jesus’ day, the Jewish people of Galilee and Judea shunned the Samaritans, viewing them as a mixed race who practiced an impure, half-pagan religion. To avoid insult and injury at the hands of the latter, Jews from Galilee were accustomed to reach the feasts at Jerusalem by way of Peraea. Gerizim. Lapse of years brought no lessening of the hatred between Jews and Samaritans (Ant., XX, vi, 1). From the strict administration of the Law in Jerusalem malcontents found their way to the freer atmosphere of Samaria. All rights reserved. They erected a rival temple on Mount Gerizim, which was, however, destroyed by a Jewish king (B.C. For some centuries they were found in considerable numbers throughout the empire, east and west, with their synagogues. The bitter enmity between the Jews and Samaritans continued in the time of our Lord: the Jews had "no dealings with the Samaritans" ( sa-mar'-i-tanz (shomeronim; Samareitai, New Testament; (singular), Samarites):