Samaritan
ethnoreligious group native to the Levant
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Summary
Samaritan is an ethnoreligious group[1]. Samaritan draws 19,747 Wikipedia views per month (ethnoreligious group category, ranking #5 of 45).[2]
Key Facts
- Native language: Hebrew[3], Arabic[4]
- Religion or worldview: Judaism[5], Samaritanism[6], Christianity[7]
- Country: Israel[8]
- Part of: Jewish people[9]
- Commons category: Samaritans[10]
- Official website: https://www.the-samaritans.net/[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Samaritans[12]
- Population: 796[13], 720[14]
- OpenStreetMap tag: denomination=samaritan[15]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[16], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[17], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21], New International Encyclopedia[22]
- Partially coincident with: Samaritanism[23]
- Different from: Sarmatians[24], parable of the Good Samaritan[25], Samaritans[26]
- Indigenous to: Samaria[27]
- Language used: Samaritan Hebrew[28]
- P14541: 28vjeD[29]
Why It Matters
Samaritan has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Samaritan is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]