Word: gerizim
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Good Samaritans may be forced to pass TIME by for locating Jordan's Mount Gerizim, the sacred mountain of the Samaritan community, in Israel [April 1]. The high priest of the Samaritans, who lives with the majority of his people (all told, fewer than 400) in nearby Nablus, Jordan, may, however, be willing to forgive all, if TIME could show him where the Samaritan temple is. John Hyrcanus was supposed to have destroyed it circa 128 B.C., and there is no clear record of subsequent reconstruction. TIME may also have put Dead Sea Scrolls Dealer Kando at odds with...
Today there are only 600 Samaritans left, living in villages in Israel and Jordan. Every year they gather for Passover at their temple at Mount Gerizim in Israel, still convinced that they possess the true faith. They pray for the coming of their messiah, who will reward the righteous at long last...