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The Keepers describes the Samaritans’ remarkable history and survival and the unique oppression and grace that have shaped their culture and religion. It is a history whose antagonists have included Jews, Christians, and Muslims, and it has contributed to arguments between Roman Catholics and Protestants over the text of the Bible. The threads of the story disappear at times into Judaism,...

the Temple. He built an altar, omitting no detail—it all corresponded to the original, piece by piece. Now, he had two sons, Hophni and Phineas, who rounded up young women of attractive appearance and brought them to the Tabernacle which had been built by his father. They let them savor the food of the sacrifices, and had intercourse with them inside the Tabernacle. At this time the children of Israel became three factions: A (loyal) faction on Mount Gerizim; a heretical faction that followed false
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