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<p>Create neutral starter article for Wikitheism coverage expansion.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{| class=&quot;wikitable&quot; style=&quot;float:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em; width:320px;&quot;<br /> ! colspan=&quot;2&quot; | Samaritanism<br /> |-<br /> ! Family<br /> | Abrahamic / Israelite<br /> |-<br /> ! Origin region<br /> | Ancient Israel and Samaria<br /> |-<br /> ! Founding period<br /> | Ancient Israelite roots; living community to the present<br /> |-<br /> ! Estimated adherents<br /> | A small Samaritan community centered mainly in Israel and the West Bank.<br /> |}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Samaritanism&#039;&#039;&#039; 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.<br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> == Key beliefs ==<br /> <br /> * One God, the God of Israel<br /> * The Torah as sacred scripture, preserved in the Samaritan Pentateuch<br /> * Mount Gerizim as the chosen holy place<br /> * Moses as the supreme prophet<br /> * Resurrection and final judgment in Samaritan teaching<br /> <br /> == Practices ==<br /> <br /> * Sabbath observance<br /> * Passover sacrifice on Mount Gerizim<br /> * Torah reading and liturgy<br /> * Purity laws and festival observances<br /> * Endogamous communal traditions<br /> <br /> == Places of worship ==<br /> <br /> * Synagogue<br /> * Mount Gerizim<br /> * Community ritual space<br /> <br /> == Sacred texts ==<br /> <br /> * Samaritan Pentateuch<br /> * Samaritan liturgical texts<br /> * Chronicles and theological writings<br /> <br /> == Holidays and observances ==<br /> <br /> * Passover<br /> * Festival of Unleavened Bread<br /> * Shavuot<br /> * Sukkot<br /> * Yom Kippur according to the Samaritan calendar<br /> <br /> == Branches and related traditions ==<br /> <br /> * [[Judaism]] - A related Israelite tradition with separate textual and religious development.<br /> * [[Abrahamic religions]] - A wider family of traditions connected to Abrahamic and Israelite heritage.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Religion]]<br /> * [[Theology]]<br /> * [[Philosophy of religion]]<br /> * [[New Religious Movements]]<br /> * [[Indigenous and Traditional Religions]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Religions]]<br /> [[Category:Abrahamic religions]]<br /> [[Category:Ethnoreligious groups]]<br /> </div>

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