Editing Samaritanism (section)

==Beliefs==
The principal beliefs of Samaritanism are as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.israelite-samaritans.com/religion/|title=Religion of the Israelite Samaritans : The Root of all Abrahamic Religions|date=13 April 2020 }}</ref>{{Bcn|date=February 2024}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesamaritanupdate.com|title=Religion of the Israelite Samaritans}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/philosophy-and-religion/bible/bible-general/samaritan|title=Samaritan - Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>
[[File:Shma yisrael.png|thumb|"[[Shema Yisrael|Shema Yisrael (ࠔࠌࠏ ࠉࠔࠓࠀࠋ)]]" written in [[Samaritan Hebrew]] calligraphy is the official symbol of the Samaritans.]]
* There is one [[God]], [[Yahweh]], the same God recognized by the [[prophet#The Hebrew and Jewish concepts of prophet|Jewish prophets]]. Faith is in the unity of the Creator which is absolute unity. It is the cause of the causes, and it fills the entire world. His nature can not be understood by human beings, but according to his actions and according to his revelation to his people and the kindness he showed them.
* The [[Torah]] is the only true holy book and was given by God to [[Moses]]. The Torah was created before the creation of the world and whoever believes in it is assured a part in the world to come. The status of the Torah in Samaritanism as the only holy book causes Samaritans to reject the [[Oral Torah]], [[Talmud]], and all prophets and scriptures except for a version of the [[Book of Joshua (Samaritan)|Book of Joshua]] which they don't hold as Scripture, whose book in the Samaritan community is significantly different from the [[Book of Joshua]] in the [[Hebrew Bible|Jewish Bible]]. Essentially, the authority of all post-Torah sections of the Jewish Bible and classical Jewish [[Rabbinic literature|Rabbinical works]] (the Talmud, comprising the [[Mishnah]] and the [[Gemara]]) is rejected. Moses is considered to be the last of the line of prophets.
* Mount Gerizim, not Jerusalem, is the one true sanctuary chosen by God. The Samaritans do not recognize the sanctity of Jerusalem and do not recognize the [[Temple Mount]], claiming instead that Mount Gerizim was the place where the [[binding of Isaac]] took place.
* The apocalypse, called "the day of vengeance", will be the end of days, when a figure called the Taheb (essentially the Samaritan equivalent of the [[Messiah in Judaism|Jewish Messiah]]) from the tribe of Joseph will come, be a prophet like Moses for 40 years and bring about the return of all the Israelites, following which the dead will be [[resurrection|resurrected]]. The Taheb will then discover the tent of Moses' [[Tabernacle]] on Mount Gerizim, and will be buried next to Joseph when he dies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.israelite-samaritans.com/history/|title=History of the Samaritan Israelites|date=17 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sassoni |first1=Osher |title=Reflections on Relationship between Qumran and Samaritan Messianology |url=https://www.the-samaritans.net/2019/12/12/reflections-on-the-relationship-between-qumran-and-samaritan-messianology-by-ferdinand-dexinger/ |website=The Samaritans |access-date=11 February 2024 |date=12 December 2019}}</ref>