Editing Samaritanism

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! colspan="2" | Samaritanism
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! Family
| Abrahamic / Israelite
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! Origin region
| Ancient Israel and Samaria
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! Founding period
| Ancient Israelite roots; living community to the present
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! Estimated adherents
| A small Samaritan community centered mainly in Israel and the West Bank.
|}

'''Samaritanism''' is samaritanism is an ancient Israelite religious tradition centered on the God of Israel, the Samaritan Torah, Mount Gerizim, priestly continuity, and distinctive communal practice.

== Overview ==

Samaritanism shares ancient Israelite roots with Judaism but developed as a separate religious community with its own priesthood, textual tradition, sacred geography, and calendar. Mount Gerizim, not Jerusalem, is the central sacred site in Samaritan religious identity.

== Key beliefs ==

* One God, the God of Israel
* The Torah as sacred scripture, preserved in the Samaritan Pentateuch
* Mount Gerizim as the chosen holy place
* Moses as the supreme prophet
* Resurrection and final judgment in Samaritan teaching

== Practices ==

* Sabbath observance
* Passover sacrifice on Mount Gerizim
* Torah reading and liturgy
* Purity laws and festival observances
* Endogamous communal traditions

== Places of worship ==

* Synagogue
* Mount Gerizim
* Community ritual space

== Sacred texts ==

* Samaritan Pentateuch
* Samaritan liturgical texts
* Chronicles and theological writings

== Holidays and observances ==

* Passover
* Festival of Unleavened Bread
* Shavuot
* Sukkot
* Yom Kippur according to the Samaritan calendar

== Branches and related traditions ==

* [[Judaism]] - A related Israelite tradition with separate textual and religious development.
* [[Abrahamic religions]] - A wider family of traditions connected to Abrahamic and Israelite heritage.

== See also ==

* [[Religion]]
* [[Theology]]
* [[Philosophy of religion]]
* [[New Religious Movements]]
* [[Indigenous and Traditional Religions]]

[[Category:Religions]]
[[Category:Abrahamic religions]]
[[Category:Ethnoreligious groups]]