Who were the Samaritans and where did they come from? Samaritans claim they areIsraelite descendants of the Northern Israelite tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, who survived the destruction of the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) by the Assyrians in 722 BCE. Who did the Samaritans worship in the Bible?
The Assyrians were one of the great powers of ancient Mesopotamia, rivals of the Babylonians. Their empire, which lasted from the 20th to the seventh centuries B.C., was centered on the cities of Assur, Nineveh and Arbela in what is now northern Iraq. Their religion revolved around worshi...
By 1919, there were only 141 Samaritans left. Today they number more than 800, with half living in Holon (south of Tel Aviv) and the other half on the mountain. They're one of the world's oldest and smallest religious groups and their songs are among the most ancient in the world. ...
There has been a lot of coverage in China about good Samaritans sued by people they helped.Earlier this month, when an 87-year-old man lay along a downtown street, having fallen and bleeding from the head, people called an ambulance but were reluctant to touch the man - in part because...
He sent messengers on ahead, who went into a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him.Berean Literal BibleAnd He sent messengers before His face. And having gone, they entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to make ready for Him.King James BibleAnd sent messengers ...
Native Hawaiians were facing a pandemic ofleprosy, a chronic infectious disease caused by slow-growing bacteria. The disease affects people of all ages, and symptoms can appear any time between1 and 20-plus yearsafter infection. Described in literature dating back to ancient times,leprosywasfirst...
In this sermon Sheldon Emry addresses some of the dishonest and hypocritical arguments which those who oppose or outright reject the idea that theliving descendants of the ancient Israelitescan be found among the Anglo-Saxons and related European peoples. ...
” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing...
Josephus told of another, more serious incident in which flags were displayed in Jerusalem that had the name and possibly the image of Tiberius. In Josephus' book "The Jewish War," the ancient historian wrote that the flag display "caused great excitement among the Jews; for those who were ...
There has been a lot of coverage in China about good Samaritans sued by people they helped. Earlier this month, when an 87-year-old man lay along a downtown street, having fallen and bleeding from the head, people called an ambulance but were reluctant to touch the man - in part becaus...