good samaritan - jesus' famous story
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Jerusalem
Mt. Gerizim
Dead Sea
Sea of Galilee
NORTHERN KINGDOMOF ISRAEL
SOUTHERNKINGDOMOF JUDAH
SAMARIA
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SAMARIA SACKEDBY ASSYRIAN EMPIRE
UNITED KINGDOM OF ISRAEL Under King David & King Solomon
DIVIDED KINGDOMIsrael (North)Judah (South)
1100 BC
Samaria wasthe capital of the northernkingdom ofIsrael
WHY JESUS’ FAMOUS STORY ISMORE RADICAL THAN YOU KNOW
The Good Samaritan in Its Original Cultural Context
When most of the inhabitants of the Northern Kingdom were sent into exile, other people groups settled into their land. They intermarried with the remaining Israelites, and their offspring mixed worship of Israel’s true God with the idols of the foreigners.
John Hyrcanus destroysSamaria and its templeon Mount Gerizim
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70-YEARJEWISH EXILE
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NEHEMIAH CAME IN 444 BC TO REBUILD JERUSALEM’S WALLS
Samaritans opposeNehemiah’s wall building
JEWISH RULER JOHN HYRCANUS
RISKY PATHGalileans usually journeyedthrough Samaria for festivalsin Jerusalem, but Samaritanssometimes heckled them,causing occasional violence.
LOCATIONJews insisted thatJerusalem was the properplace for the temple;Samaritans insisted thatit was Mount Gerizim.
DIFFERENCESSamaritan tradition exhibited a conservative piety similar to thatof ancient Judaism, but rejectedBiblical history after the Pentateuch.
In the �rst century AD, Samaritans desecrate the Jerusalem temple with corpses, leading Jerusalem to permanently exclude Samaritans from worship at the temple.
100 AD
JESUS SHOCKS HIS JEWISH CROWD BY TALKING ABOUT A SAMARITAN WHO IS GOOD
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