The other Israel — the Torah kept on Mount Gerizim.
The Israelite tradition that never accepted Jerusalem: descendants of the northern tribes who hold that God's chosen mountain is Gerizim, not Zion. A community of hundreds today, still keeping the Passover sacrifice exactly as the Torah describes.
DeitiesOne God
Foundedc. 500 BCE · Samaria
AfterlifeResurrection, and the day of vengeance and recompense
TextsSamaritan Pentateuch
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c. 1000 BCE Judaism c. 500 BCE Samaritanism
Mount Gerizim, not Jerusalem, is the place God chose.
The Samaritan Torah's tenth commandment names the mountain; everything else follows from the address.
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Only the Five Books are scripture.
Torah alone — no Prophets, no Writings, no Talmud: the canon closed with Moses.
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Moses is the only prophet.
One lawgiver, one law; the Taheb — a restorer like Moses — will come to set all things right.
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The Passover on Gerizim.
Lambs offered at dusk on the mountain as Exodus prescribes — the only community on earth still keeping the sacrificial Passover.
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