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Samaria
Samaria , city, ancient Palestine, on a hill NW of modern-day Nablus (Shechem). The site is now occupied by a village, Sabastiyah (West Bank). Samaria (named for Shemer, who owned the land) was built by King Omri as the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel in the early 9th cent. BC The scene of the wickedness of Omri's son Ahab and Ahab's wife Jezebel, Samaria was considered a place of iniquity by the Hebrew prophets. In the expansion of Assyria, Samaria fell in 721 BC to Sargon. The native population was deported, others were settled in its place, and the city was made the capital of an Assyrian province. (1 Kings 16.23-33; 20.1-21; 2 Kings 6.24-33; 10.17-28; 13.9-13; 17). It was destroyed in 120 BC by John Hyrcanus and was rebuilt by Herod the Great, who called it Sebaste in honor of Emperor Augustus [Gr.,=Sebastos]. There Philip the Evangelist (see Philip, Saint ) preached and the incident of Simon Magus occurred (Acts 8.5-24). According to tradition St. John the Baptist is buried there. Remains of a church of the Crusaders are in the city. Excavations (1908-10, 1931-35) uncovered fortifications and the palace of Omri, as well as ostraca, or potsherds, and ivories probably made by Phoenician artists. There are also extensive Roman remains. The city has given its name to the Samaritans, of whom a small remnant still live at Nablus and Jaffa, Israel. The Samaritans are the descendants of non-Jewish colonists from Babylonia, Syria, and elsewhere who were settled in Samaria when the Israelites were deported (722 BC) In the Bible the Samaritans recognize only the Pentateuch and are even more scrupulous about observing its ordinances than are Orthodox Jews. They worship on Mt. Gerizim , where they had a temple in ancient times. The continual hatred between Jew and Samaritan apparently governed the choice of characters in the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10.30-37). The Samaritan language is a variety of Palestinian Aramaic (a Semitic language). The Samaritan manuscripts, although pre-Masoretic (see Masora ) are not believed to be ancient, but they supply some useful variants of biblical passages.
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"Samaria." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Samaria." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Samaria.html "Samaria." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Samaria.html |
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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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W. R. F. BROWNING. "Samaria." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "Samaria." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Samaria.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "Samaria." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-Samaria.html |
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Samaria
Samaria, (Hebrew: Shomron), West Bank The central region of ancient Palestine and its capital, now called Sabasṭiyah. The town was founded c.880 bc by King Omri (c.884–872 bc), who, as related in the Bible (1 Kings 16: 24) built it on a hill‐top which he had bought from one Shemer; he called it Samaria after Shemer. It was expanded by Herod the Great (73–4 bc), King of Judaea (37–4 bc) who renamed it Sebaste in honour of Emperor Augustus† (in Greek, Sebastos). The present Sabasṭiyah is the Arabic version of this. The Good Samaritan mentioned in the Bible (Luke 10: 33–5) inspired ‘The Samaritans’, an organization founded in London 1953 to help the severely distressed and suicidal (and since 2002 called ‘Samaritans’ without the ‘The’).
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Samaria." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Samaria." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Samaria.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Samaria." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Samaria.html |
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Samaria
Samaria. The capital of the kingdom of Israel, i.e. of the ‘Ten [northern] Tribes’, founded by King Omri (c.880 BC) and c.721 captured by the Assyrians, who resettled the territory with pagans from other parts of their empire (2 Kgs. 18: 9–12 and ch. 17). According to Jewish tradition, the Samaritans known to later Judaism and the NT were the descendants of these settlers. Of the OT they accepted only the Pentateuch, in a slightly divergent form (the Samaritan Pentateuch). The hostility of the Jews to the Samaritans was proverbial. See also GOOD SAMARITAN.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Samaria." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Samaria." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Samaria.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Samaria." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Samaria.html |
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Samaria
Samaria The ancient capital of the northern kingdom of the Hebrews in central Palestine, now occupied by the village of Sabastiyah in the West Bank north-west of Nablus. Built in the 9th century BC, it was captured in 721 BC by the Assyrians and resettled with people from other parts of their empire (2 Kings 17,18). In New Testament times Samaria was rebuilt and greatly enlarged by Herod the Great. It is the alleged burial place of John the Baptist.
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"Samaria." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Samaria." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Samaria.html "Samaria." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Samaria.html |
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Samaria
Samaria Ancient region and town of central Palestine. It was built as the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel in the 9th century bc. Conquered by Shalmaneser in 722–721 bc, Samaria was later destroyed by John Hyrcanus I and rebuilt by Herod the Great. See also Samaritans
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"Samaria." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Samaria." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Samaria.html "Samaria." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Samaria.html |
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