Who is Samaritan? Is it one of the twelve tribes?

Samaritan is not one of the twelve tribes.

Samaritan is a very ancient nation, and it is said that they are descendants of a tribe who migrated to the northern part of the Israeli Empire more than 3,000 years ago. Today, half of the remaining 650 Samaritans live in the village left by their ancestors on Mount Kirisin in Nablus.

They celebrate Passover like Jews, but they also speak Arabic and have both Israeli and Palestinian nationalities. Therefore, they enjoy many privileges in this special place at a special time. Freedom of movement between Israel and the Palestinian territories.

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Samaritan's identity as an Israeli is questioned. Through the fable of the good Samaritan in the New Testament, the story of the Samaritan woman who pulled the water, and the dialogue after the resurrection, Jesus Christ expressed his fair and impartial views on ethnic issues.

These examples can reflect the guiding ideology of the New Testament in evangelizing: evangelizing to all nations, nations, tribes and languages.

This is also an important reason for the rapid spread of Christian belief in Asia Minor and Greece in the first century. This is also consistent with the vision seen by the apostle Peter in Acts and the conversion of a large number of non-Jews.

At present, there are only more than 700 descendants of Samaritan in the world: they are scattered between Israel and Palestine, or speak modern Hebrew or Arabic, but they still speak ancient Hebrew or ancient Aramaic in religious activities.

They believe that their religion is older than the Temple Judaism believed by Jews, so they retain more features of primitive Judaism. They think Judaism is a secular religion.

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