Were ther any "bad" Samaritans. Who were the Samaritans???

Answer 1

The Samaritans were the result of the conquering of the Northern kingdom of Israel by the Assyrians. While the Southern kingdom of Judah was to be exiled (and survive) among the Babylonians, the Assyrians had a different way of dealing with conquered people. They force-relocated groups of people among various countries to mongrelize the populations and interrupt any attempts to instigate rebellion.

When the remnants of Judah ("Jews") returned to their homeland, they considered the northerners to be contaminated and practicing an impure form of Judaism that did not recognize the supremacy of the Temple for worship of God. These Samaritans were even considered worse than gentiles because they were aware of Torah yet got it wrong.

So it wasn't that Samaritans were particularly mean, outside of sectarian resentment, but that they were dirty as far as Jews were concerned.

Answer 2

The American Samaritan of 2006 would be a mexican.

The Sumaritans were a poorer, looked down upon group mostly Jewish in the Jesus time and place. Some saw them as an inferior ethnic group or race.

Being poor Sumaritans often had to work on the Sabbath and were thought to be bad jews. The Parable (Metaphoric Story) about the Good Samaritan is the story the strongly places Jesus against the old Judaic traditions. Jesus believed certain Sabbath traditions had become hypocritical and evil, such as not touching the sick or ill or dying before going to temple. The Good Sumaritan in the story helped a man, formerly anti-sumaritan, after he had been mugged on the Sabbath

Answer 3

The Samaritans were a people that had similar foundations as the Jews but were more like rivals. Not necessarily enemies but not too fondly looked upon. When Jesus told the parable of the Good Samaritan, it was that there was good in all, including those thought bad, and also a slam on the priests as it was those that refused to help the man in trouble.

(at least that's my take on the story from what I have heard from Bible and historical scholars - I like a lot of Jesus' teachings even though I am not Christian)

Answer 4

Samaritans were reputed to be ornery & inconsiderate as a group - by the Jews. There were political diffrences and hostility between them. Ergo the contrast when a "good" Samaritan was found. They are an ancient group from Samaria.

Answer 5

Yes there were "bad" Samaritans, they lived in Summaria.

Answer 6

i don't believe of so. after all, maximum larger tutorial establishments were initially (perhaps not any extra, yet initially), alongside with maximum medical centers (that were initially, and maximum outreach courses (which incorporates "the forged Samaritan" or "Samaritan's handbag", alongside with those who flow to third international international places to feed the starving, convey medical help, dig clean-water wells, etc, are, for the most area, began and/or run by Christian and Missionary agencies agencies. Salvation military is Christian, Christian Missionary Alliance is Christian, assembly of God and Baptist missionaries around the realm digging clean-water wells are all Christian. So are such agencies that commence orphanages in third international international places, and "keep the youngsters", "Feed the youngsters" and different "sponsor-depending" courses, the are ALL Christian. i might want to ask you to grant a number of your human being demonstrable information and information to diminish back up the implied declare. What are YOU doing?

Answer 7

all of the samaritans were a religious sect that flourished in the vicinity of ancient Shechem and Samaria, and which held to certain tenets distinctly different from Judaism.Jeroboam alienated the 10 tribes from Jehovah's worship and they had a man appointed priesthood that practiced demoralizing idolatry
So no except for the one all of them were bad in Gods eyes

Answer 8

when Solomon died, the tribes of Israel were split with 10 of the tribes taking jeroboam as king, and the tribe of Judah taking the son of Solomon, Rehoboam as their King. so that Israel was split into two nations. the Nations of Judah and Israel, later Israel became Samaria. the Jew are descendants of Judah, and Samaria intermarried with other nations, and were looked down on because they were of mixed blood.
and since Judea controlled jerusalem the samaritans built an altar to god and worshiped there.

Answer 9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritans

Answer 10

i am not sure but aint samaritans the lebanese?