When Jesus reached the famous well at Shechem and asked a Samaritan woman for a drink, she replied full of surprise: "Jews do not associate with Samaritans” (John 4:9). In the ancient world, relations between Jews and Samaritans were indeed strained. Josephus reports a number of unpleasant events: Samaritans harass Jewish pilgrims traveling through Samaria between Galilee and Judea, Samaritans scatter human bones in the Jerusalem sanctuary, and Jews in turn burn down Samaritan villages. The very notion of “the good Samaritan” (Luke 10:25-37) only makes sense in a context in which Samaritans were viewed with suspicion and hostility by Jews in and around Jerusalem.
It is difficult to know when the enmity first arose in history—or for that matter, when Jews and Samaritans started seeing themselves (and each other) as separate communities. For at least some Jews during the Second Temple period, 2Kgs 17:24-41 may have explained Samaritan identity: they were descendants of pagan tribes settled by the Assyrians in the former <span>northern kingdom </span>of Israel, the region where most Samaritans live even today. But texts like this may not actually get us any closer to understanding the Samaritans’ historical origins.
The Samaritans, for their part, did not accept any scriptural texts beyond the Pentateuch. Scholars have known for a long time about an ancient and distinctly Samaritan version of the Pentateuch—which has been an important source for textual criticism of the Bible for centuries. In fact, a major indication for a growing Samaritan self-awareness in antiquity was the insertion of "typically Samaritan" additions into this version of the Pentateuch, such as a Decalogue commandment to build an altar on Mount Gerizim, which Samaritans viewed as the sole “place of blessing” (see also Deut 11:29, Deut 27:12). They fiercely rejected Jerusalem—which is not mentioned by name in the Pentateuch—and all Jerusalem-related traditions and institutions such as kingship and messianic eschatology.
Answer:
A) voting in elections
Explanation:
"Civic responsibilities are tasks bestowed upon citizens by their government to ensure a balance between protection and allegiance."
C.... Independently rules, so not a kingdom (many cities), not a civilization (multiple cities), and not empire for the same reason.
Answer: Nationalism.
Explanation:
Nationalism is high identification with a nation (usually the nation in which it was born) and a high sense of its worth, and unconditional support for its interests. Diametrically, the belief that other nations have little value.
Nationalism includes an idealized sense of the nation, which includes the belief that the nation has a historical or divine superiority that gives it rights over other nations.
<em>An example of nationalism is Nazi nationalism, they believed that Germany had superior rights that allowed them to rule over other inferior nations.</em>
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Answer:
A. separation of powers
Explanation:
The separation of power was enacted in order to prevent all government officials from becoming too powerful. This is the reason why Georgia's constitution put a limit on what each branches of government can do.
Here is the specialization of each branches' power within the government:
- Legislative Branch
has the power to create laws/legislation
- Executive branch
has the power to execute those laws/legislation
- Judicial branch
has the power to checks the activities of the other two branches.
