Hodge-podge. That precise, academic term is the first that used to come to my mind when thinking of the Book of Deuteronomy. And it didn’t bother me that this was so; in fact, it seemed most fitting.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL AFFAIRS: Early Hellenistic period dwelling opened to visitors • Samaritan community has mixed feelings about park on its holy mountain Rising some 886 meters above sea level, Mount ...

For decades, it seemed as though one of the world's smallest religious communities was doomed. Dwindling and insular, the Samaritans of Mount Gerizim were struggling to survive as inbreeding produced ...

On the summit of Mount Gerizim near the West Bank city of Nablus, members of the Samaritan community -- one of the smallest religious communities in the world -- build their homes, believing the spot ...

The archaeological excavation site on Mount Gerizim, near Shechem, was officially inaugurated in a special ceremony on Thursday. The ceremony was attended by Environment Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud), ...

MOUNT GERIZIM, West Bank (AFP) — Men and boys dressed in white led the sheep to their fate, pushing and dragging them to a narrow, stone-lined trench on the mountaintop ceremonial ground. The tiny ...

Dozens of Samaritans, a small religious sect based in the West Bank city of Nablus, performed their annual Sukkah pilgrimage Wednesday morning to the nearby Mount Gerizim. Samaritans perform the ...

A nearly completely intact clay oil lamp from 2,300 years ago was found near a stone bath during recent conservation work at the Mount Gerizim National Park. “It is great to find something even after ...

Members of the Samaritan sect participate in the traditional Passover sacrifice on Mount Gerizim, near the West Bank city of Nablus, on April 22, 2024.(Photo; Xinhua) Members of the Samaritan sect ...

There are few communities in the world more ancient than the Samaritans. For centuries, the Samaritans have lived in isolation. But now as their numbers diminish, some are looking to the outside world ...

Samaritans slaughtered goats and sheep as hundreds gathered on the West Bank to mark the eve of Passover with ritualistic sacrifice. The ancient community gathered on Mount Gerizim near the city of ...

A member of the Samaritan sect holds a Torah scroll during their traditional pilgrimage marking the holiday of Shavuot, atop Mount Gerizim near the West Bank city of Nablus early on June 16, 2013.