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Samaria
Samaria The capital of the separated northern kingdom from the time of
Omri (
c.870 BCE, 1 Kgs. 16: 24) until 722 BCE when the
Assyrians captured it. The city was well fortified and some of its inhabitants were affluent (Amos 6: 4–6). The hill country round Samaria was occupied by the Joseph tribes at the time of the settlement, but after the Assyrian conquest the local population was largely deported (2 Kgs. 17: 6) in exchange for foreign colonists probably in 720 BCE. This at any rate was the Jewish explanation of the beginning of antipathy between
Judah and Samaria, exacerbated by the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Exile (Ezra 4: 8–24). On the other hand, the post-exilic antagonism of the Jews could have influenced the hostile account of the origin of the Samaritans. During the
Hellenistic period (325–63 BCE) there was further disruption and the Samaritans rebuilt the city of
Shechem and a temple to Yahweh on Mount Gerizim. In the
Maccabean period the territory was taken by
Judaea. The Romans gave the territory to
Herod the Great in 30 BCE, from whom it passed to
Archelaus (4 BCE–6 CE). Samaria as a district is mentioned in the NT (e.g. Matt. 10: 5; Acts 8: 4–25).
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Samaria settlers gear up for evacuation fight
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 9/10/2008; ; 672 words
; ...Jerusalem Post 09-10-2008 Headline: Samaria settlers gear up for evacuation fight...Settlers in the West Bank regions of Samaria and Binyamin are making preparations to...by forming new citizens committees. In Samaria the committee is headed by Benny Katzover...
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Stiff price for cheap labor. (Israeli expenditures in Judea and Samaria)
Magazine article from: Israel Business Today; 4/23/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...Cabinet that the closure of Judea and Samaria had achieved its objective. He also announced...designed to boost employment in Judea and Samaria and create the necessary infrastructure...450 million will be spent on Judea and Samaria this year as compared with NIS 120 million...
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The Archaeology of Israelite Samaria
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...RON E. TAPPY, The Archaeology of Israelite Samaria. Volume 2, The Eighth Century BCE (HSS 50...what amounts to re-excavation of Israelite Samaria (after 1930s work reported in Samaria-Sebaste: Reports of the Work of the Joint...
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The date of Samaria's fall as a reason for rejecting the hypothesis of two conquests
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; DATES FOR the siege and fall of Samaria, and the identity of the Assyrian kings...Assyrian king who besieged and conquered Samaria. A recent proposal nominates Sargon II...king responsible for a short siege of Samaria and its conquest, annexation, and deportation...
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MKs: Judea and Samaria police can't combat settler violence. Police dispute committee's perception of forces in district as beleagured
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 10/8/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...08-2008 Headline: MKs: Judea and Samaria police can't combat settler violence...are in service in the whole of Judea and Samaria, the Knesset's Internal Affairs Committee...out law enforcement duties in Judea and Samaria. "As an example, we learned that only...
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ORDER ON WEST SAMARIA FACILITY PRESERVES STATUS QUO, ENABLES COUNTY TO CONTINUE SHIRKING ITS RESPONSIBILITY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/23/2007; 576 words
; ...Appeals to uphold an order to close the West Samaria rooming house has the effect of preserving...Neighborhood Services order requiring West Samaria to vacate the premises at 2713 W. Richardson...Inc., the owner and operator of West Samaria, to stay open indefinitely provided it...
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After pullout, IDF to remain in north Samaria. PA complains to US about Israel retaining control
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 8/10/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...After pullout, IDF to remain in north Samaria. PA complains to US about Israel retaining...2005 -- Disengagement from northern Samaria will not be nearly as complete as the...Kadim, Sa-Nur and Homesh in northern Samaria, as well as the military installations...
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Rooming house contests foreclosure action; Alderman criticizes West Samaria's care of residents
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 3/3/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...owners and operators of the troubled West Samaria rooming house for residents with mental...Venne. In March, the city ordered West Samaria closed after the decomposed body of Joseph...schizophrenia who was beaten to death outside West Samaria on July 4, 2004, sued Tri-Corp, claiming...
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West Allis rooming house placed into receivership Move means New Samaria will remain open
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 5/8/2009; ; 670 words
; The New Samaria rooming house for people with mental illness...in the building was not working. New Samaria, 6640 W. Beloit Road, West Allis...companion rooming house in Milwaukee, West Samaria, 2713 W. Richardson Place, are part...
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Judea and Samaria PR campaign marred by wave of left- wing graffiti
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 10/7/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Post 10-07-2008 Headline: Judea and Samaria PR campaign marred by wave of left- wing...invites the public to explore Judea and Samaria got off to a rocky start this week when...has no intention of moving to Judea and Samaria, Segev, 31, is not a typical representative...
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Samaria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Samaria , city, ancient Palestine, on a hill...a village, Sabastiyah (West Bank). Samaria (named for Shemer, who owned the land...s son Ahab and Ahab's wife Jezebel, Samaria was considered a place of iniquity by the...
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Graham, Samaria
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
GRAHAM, Samaria PERSONAL Born July 5, in Yonkers (some sources cite New York), NY. Education: Graduated from Fredonia College. Avocational...
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Gadolinium (revised)
Book article from: Chemical Elements: From Carbon to Krypton
...Marignac (1817-94) was studying a new material found in cerite called samaria. Earlier chemists had identified samaria as a new element. Marignac found that samaria was not a pure element. Instead, it consisted of two parts, which he called...
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Samaritan
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...33). 2. a member of a people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times, or of the modern community...the dialect of Aramaic formerly spoken in Samaria. • adj. of or relating to Samaria or the Samaritans. DERIVATIVES: Sa·...
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Simon Magus (ca. 67 C.E.)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...said to have bewitched the people of Samaria and made them believe that he was...of divine power. He was born in Samaria or Cyprus and was among the number...supposed to have bewitched the people of Samaria, certain early ecclesiastical writers...
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