Samaritanism

Denomination·Founded c. 500 BCE

Judaism → Samaritanism

Branch

Core Tenets

3 — a sample of the center, never the sum All 3 →
The shared center — held across the tradition
Mount Gerizim, not Jerusalem, is the place God chose. The Samaritan Torah's tenth commandment names the mountain; everything else follows from the address. Go deeper — context →
Only the Five Books are scripture. Torah alone — no Prophets, no Writings, no Talmud: the canon closed with Moses. Go deeper — context →
Moses is the only prophet. One lawgiver, one law; the Taheb — a restorer like Moses — will come to set all things right. Go deeper — context →

Cosmos & Afterlife

how reality is built, and what follows death
After death

Resurrection, and the day of vengeance and recompense

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