{"id":2420,"date":"2011-10-29T09:50:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T13:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fbclafayette.org\/?p=2420"},"modified":"2014-07-21T10:15:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T14:15:21","slug":"bible-background-the-samaritans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/church\/bible-background-the-samaritans\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Background: The Samaritans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This people group\u00a0descended from the Israelites.\u00a0 They believed in the one true God.\u00a0 They studied the books of Moses.\u00a0 They faithfully adhered to the spirit of God&#8217;s law.\u00a0 So, why were they reviled by their Jewish brothers?\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Throughout the gospels, we read about different people groups that played a significant role in the land of Palestine during the first century.\u00a0 These people influenced the culture in which Christ ministered, and He tailored His messages in order to both reach and respond to these groups.\u00a0 Learning more about these people can add greater detail and deeper understanding to our study of the gospels.\u00a0 What follows is a thumbnail sketch of one of these groups&#8211;<em><strong>the Samaritans<\/strong><\/em>.<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Identity<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Samaritans were an Israelite sect that lived in the territory <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">of <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Samaria<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> between Galilee to the north and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Judea<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> to the south.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Their central sanctuary was located at Mt. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gerizim<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> near the town of <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shechem<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They believed in one God, in Moses the prophet, and in the Pentateuch as the Word of God.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They believed that Mt. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gerizim<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> was the site of worship originally intended by God (Deuteronomy 27) and that the temple and shrines in <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jerusalem<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> were a perversion of the Lord\u2019s instructions.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jesus taught that the Samaritans were often more conscientious in adhering to the spirit of the Law than were the Jews (Luke 10:25-37).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Historical Development<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Samaritans believed themselves to be direct descendants of a faithful segment of the nation of Israel<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, which developed alongside the northern kingdom.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They dated their beginnings as early as the eleventh century B.C. when <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Israel<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2019s center of worship was moved from <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mt.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gerizim<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> to <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shiloh<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> in defiance of God\u2019s command (Deuteronomy 27).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jewish tradition links the origin of the Samaritans to the account of 2 Kings 17:24-41, which claims that the Samaritan people developed as a result of intermarriage between the Israelites and the Assyrian colonists who entered the land following the fall of the northern kingdom.<span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This interpretation of the passage is unlikely.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The word often translated as \u201cSamaritans\u201d in 2 Kings 17:29 simply means \u201cinhabitants of <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Samaria<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">No definitive evidence exists to link the later Samaritans to the inhabitants of <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Samaria<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> at the time of the Assyrian conquest.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is more likely that the Samaritans developed following the exile from devout descendants of the original inhabitants of the northern kingdom who remained in the land following the Assyrian conquest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When the Babylonians captured Jerusalem<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, Nebuchadnezzar added the city to the <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">province<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> of <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Samaria<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At the time of the return, the Samaritan governor Sanballat recognized that Nehemiah was creating a separate political entity that would be distinct from Samaria<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In response, the Samaritans vigorously opposed the rebuilding of the <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jerusalem<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> walls (Nehemiah 4:7-8).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A complete split between the Jews and the Samaritans occurred when the grandson of Eliashib, the high priest, married the daughter of Sanballat.<span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This marriage violated the statute prohibiting mixed marriages.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Because Eliashib refused to dissolve the marriage, he was expelled from the temple service in <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jerusalem<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He settled in <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Samaria<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> where Sanballat constructed a temple for him on <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mt.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gerizim<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There the Samaritans conducted worship until 128 B.C. when John Hyrcanus destroyed the temple.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In addition to the rift caused by Samaritan worship at Gerizim, the schism between the Jews and Samaritans grew during the intertestamental period because the Samaritans established political alliances with the Ptolemies and Seleucids, increasingly embraced the influence of Hellenism, and refused to join the resistance against the Seleucian ruler Anticochus Epiphanes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reaction to Christ<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reaction to Christ among the Samaritans was mixed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After Christ\u2019s conversation with a Samaritan woman, she and her fellow villagers believed in Him (John 4:1-43).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Samaritans would not receive Jesus because He was traveling toward Jerusalem <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Luke 9:52-53).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Samaritan man was the only one of ten lepers healed by Jesus who returned to thank Him (Luke 17:16).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Samaritans were receptive to Philip\u2019s message concerning Christ (Acts 8:1-25).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Resources for\u00a0Further Study<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Green, J., McKnight, S., and <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Marshall<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, I.H. (eds.) <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a title=\"Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0830817778\/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=faithminis-20&amp;camp=0&amp;creative=0&amp;linkCode=as4&amp;creativeASIN=0830817778&amp;adid=1ACDKCS6TM7K147G6ZPK&amp;\">Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels<\/a> <\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Downsers Grove, IL:<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">InterVarsity Press, 1992)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tenney, Merrill C.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\">\u00a0 <em><a title=\"New Testament Times ( Tenney)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0801012651\/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=faithminis-20&amp;camp=0&amp;creative=0&amp;linkCode=as4&amp;creativeASIN=0801012651&amp;adid=00ND15NTH1N9HN9ZPC4T&amp;\">New Testament Times<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> (Grand Rapids:<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Eerdmans, 1965)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tenney, Merrill C.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\">\u00a0 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0310331889\/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=faithminis-20&amp;camp=0&amp;creative=0&amp;linkCode=as4&amp;creativeASIN=0310331889&amp;adid=1G3MCDXJHP1XH6PR1J6Q&amp;\">The Zondervan Pictoral Encyclopedia of the Bible<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0310331889\/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=faithminis-20&amp;camp=0&amp;creative=0&amp;linkCode=as4&amp;creativeASIN=0310331889&amp;adid=1G3MCDXJHP1XH6PR1J6Q&amp;\">, vol. 4<\/a> (Grand Rapids:<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Century Gothic;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Zondervan, 1975)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the gospels, we read about different people groups that played a significant role in the land of Palestine during the first century.  These people influenced the culture in which Christ ministered, and He tailored His messages in order to both reach and respond to these groups.  Learning more about these people can add greater detail and deeper understanding to our study of the gospels.  What follows is a thumbnail sketch of one of these groups&#8211;the Samaritans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4242],"tags":[198,4461,4166,145,4124],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bible Background: The Samaritans - Faith Church Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/church\/bible-background-the-samaritans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bible Background: The Samaritans - Faith Church Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Throughout the gospels, we read about different people groups that played a significant role in the land of Palestine during the first century. 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