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<blockquote data-quote="Reluctant Theologian" data-source="post: 77594842" data-attributes="member: 436140"><p>The Samaritans as a people is a mix of a remnant of some of 10 tribes of Israel and people who moved there from Assyria as a colonisation effort when the Assyrians conquered the 10 tribe Kingdom of Israel. The Kingdom of Israel split into two kingdoms (Judah (2 tribes) and Israel (10 tribes)) around 922 to 721 BC.</p><p></p><p>After the split the rulers of the 10 tribe kingdom wanted its inhabitants to not travel to Jerusalem to worship but do that in Samaria area instead. The Samaritans up to this day have their own version of the Pentateuch (the five books of Moses), they still sacrifice up to this day, and currently only about 400 actual Samaritans are left.</p><p></p><p>Their version of the Pentateuch/Torah instructs them to worship on Mount Gerizim near Shechem instead of Jerusalem - the Samaritan Pentateuch has several thousand significant differences with the main Masorete Torah that is the basis for most English translations now. But surprisingly in some places the Samaritan version lines up well with the Septuagint Greek translation of the TNK (Torah, Prophets, Writings). It will remain up to scholarly research which textual variants are likely to be closest to the original Torah.</p><p></p><p>Given the political motivations after the kingdom split it would be expected that at least some significant changes/differences in the Samaritan version have been inserted deliberately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Reluctant Theologian, post: 77594842, member: 436140"] The Samaritans as a people is a mix of a remnant of some of 10 tribes of Israel and people who moved there from Assyria as a colonisation effort when the Assyrians conquered the 10 tribe Kingdom of Israel. The Kingdom of Israel split into two kingdoms (Judah (2 tribes) and Israel (10 tribes)) around 922 to 721 BC. After the split the rulers of the 10 tribe kingdom wanted its inhabitants to not travel to Jerusalem to worship but do that in Samaria area instead. The Samaritans up to this day have their own version of the Pentateuch (the five books of Moses), they still sacrifice up to this day, and currently only about 400 actual Samaritans are left. Their version of the Pentateuch/Torah instructs them to worship on Mount Gerizim near Shechem instead of Jerusalem - the Samaritan Pentateuch has several thousand significant differences with the main Masorete Torah that is the basis for most English translations now. But surprisingly in some places the Samaritan version lines up well with the Septuagint Greek translation of the TNK (Torah, Prophets, Writings). It will remain up to scholarly research which textual variants are likely to be closest to the original Torah. Given the political motivations after the kingdom split it would be expected that at least some significant changes/differences in the Samaritan version have been inserted deliberately. [/QUOTE]
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