Who are the samaritans today?

In the Talmud, a central post-exilic religious text of Rabbinic Judaism, the Samaritans are called Cutheans (Hebrew: כּוּתִים ‎, Kutim), referring to the ancient city of Kutha, geographically located in what is today Iraq. read more

Though centuries of divisiveness have made it hard for Christians to be peacemakers, I personally hope that Christians will be first among those who dare to take the risk of being Samaritans to the world, stop taking pride in our distinctions, and simply wash one another’s feet, bind wounds, extend compassion. read more

Today a few Samaritans survive, not having lost their identity through intermarriage. There are about 550-600 active practitioners of the Samaritan religion with some admixture of Islam, most of whom live in the city of Nablus, in the area now known as the West Bank. read more