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	Gerizim - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Gerizim, Arabic Jabal at Tur, mountain, 2,890 ft (881 m) high, in the Samaritan Hills, in the West Bank.
		Gerizim is sacred to the Samaritans, whose tradition holds that Abraham's offer to sacrifice Isaac occurred there.
		The 300-year-old Samaritan temple at Gerizim, a replica of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, was destroyed by the Maccabean leader, John Hyrcanus, in the 2d cent.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-gerizim.html (244 words)

	Gerizim, Mount (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		Ebal and Gerizim stood over against each other, and on their sides the peoples were placed, half upon one and half upon the other, while in the vale which separates the mountains stood the ark, with the Levites.
		In the throat of this pass to the West, on the South of the vale, and close to the foot of Gerizim, lies the town of Nablus, the ancient Shechem.
		Gerizim was certainly "this mountain" pointed to by the woman of Samaria in her conversation with Jesus (John 4:20 f.); the cliffs of the mountain almost overhanging the Well of Jacob.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/3750 (838 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - GERIZIM, MOUNT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Mount Gerizim, though more than sixty miles from the Jordan, was miraculously reached by the Israelites on the same day that they crossed that river.
		Six tribes ascended to the summit of Gerizim, and the remainder placed themselves on the top of Mount Ebal; while the priests and the Levites, clustering round the Ark, took their stand in the valley between the two mountains.
		Mount Gerizim was one of the foremost causes of division between the Israelites and the Samaritans, the latter of whom, regarding it as the holy place chosen by God, built their temple there.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=158&letter=G (413 words)

	Mount Gerizim - One of the mountains mentioned in the Bible
		Gerizim, is a mountain of Palestine in northern Israel in Ephraim near Shechem from which the blessings were read to the Israelites on entering Canaan, and also the site of the Samaritan Temple built after the captivity.
		Mount Gerizim is north of the West Bank city of Nablus and south of the valley in which Shechem was situated.
		Mount Gerizim was the place where blessings of the LORD GOD were spoken to the obedient.
	www.guidedbiblestudies.com /topics/mount_gerizim.htm (2837 words)

	Philologos \| The Holy Land and the Bible by Cunningham Geikie \| Chapter 35
		The ascent of Gerizim is made on horseback, but a good part of the way is so steep that it seems wonderful that the beasts can keep their footing among the loose stones.
		The natural amphitheatre formed by the receding of Mounts Ebal and Gerizim at the same point in the valley below, is wonderfully suited to such an incident as that of reading the law to the Hebrews, at the great assembly of the nation after the taking of Ai by Joshua (Deut 27:12ff; Josh 8:34).
		A broad flat surface of rock on the summit of Mount Gerizim is still revered by the Samaritans of to-day as the spot where their temple once stood: a spot so holy to them that they would deem it a sin to step upon it with shod feet.
	philologos.org /__eb-thlatb/chap35.htm (5499 words)

	A.B. - The Samaritan News
		Gerizim near Nablus and Holon, and the effect of closures and the upsurge in violence has had on the Samaritans there.
		A - to regard Mount Gerizim as an area of peace, which will be open to anyone who is seeking peace in our region, Israelis, Palestinians and others, and at the same time safeguarding the political, social, cultural and economic future of the Samaritan community.
		The "Mount Gerizim - The Samaritan Community" Charity Institution would be composed of members representing all three Institutions; the two committees and the A.B. It would be open to anyone who wishes to be active in it.
	www.mystae.com /reflections/messiah/news/samaritannews2.html (3357 words)

	Mount Gerizim - Walking in Their Sandals - location profile
		Mount Gerizim is 2,855 feet in elevation; Mount Ebal reaches a height of 3,080 feet.
		Although this and similar references are to Jerusalem, the Samaritan identification of the "place" as Mount Gerizim made it the focus of their spiritual values.
		In the fourth century B.C., with the authorization of the Persians, the Samaritans built a temple on Mount Gerizim.
	www.ancientsandals.com /overviews/mount_gerizim.htm (348 words)

	The Samaritan Passover
		He carried with him to the top of Gerizim the proofs of a previous article of mine in The Open Court, which he read on the mountain to the High Priest, together with letters in which were conveyed to him on that day the greetings of American friends.
		Gerizim is declared by the Samaritans to be the highest mountain in the world.
		Old Testament as it comes fluttering down to us from the slope of Gerizim, and to feel the dead past warm with life as it is lived over in the ceremonies of this ancient congregation.
	www.sacred-texts.com /journals/oc/sp.htm (4009 words)

	Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal
		Both Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal are north of Jerusalem and situated near each other.
		Mount Gerizim was the Samaritan rival to Jerusalem.
		The Samaritan temple was at Mt. Gerizim and the Samaritans, ejected from the Temple by the Israelites, sought to outdo them in the same fashion.
	latter-rain.com /background/geriz.htm (525 words)

	A.B. - The Samaritan News
		Gerizim as an "Island of Peace" situated in the"sea of violence and hatred" between the two powers controlling the area, Israel and the Palestinians.
		This point is worth noting on the background of the disappearance of orderly administration procedures in an area where the power of the Palestinian Authority is mocked and is almost non-existent due to the continuous blockade enforced by the State of Israel on Palestinian cities as a result of the ongoing swell of terrorism.
		At the same time the IDF increased and fortified its presence on Mount Gerizim in a strategic location that controlled the area and the chains of the heavy tanks as well as of the armored personnel carriers churned the access roads to the Mountain making living conditions there very difficult.
	www.mystae.com /reflections/messiah/news/samaritannews7.html (2033 words)

	Clarke's Commentary - Deuteronomy 27
		On all hands it is allowed that Gerizim abounds with springs, gardens, and orchards, and that it is covered with a beautiful verdure, while Ebal is as naked and as barren as a rock.
		These shall stand upon Mount Gerizim to bless the people] Instead of upon Mount, &c., we may translate by, as the particle l[ al is sometimes used; for we do not find that the tribes did stand on either mount, for in Josh.
		Some suppose that the Levites were divided into two grand bodies, part standing at or on Mount Gerizim, and part on Mount Ebal, and that with each division were some of the priests.
	www.godrules.net /library/clarke/clarkedeu27.htm (1605 words)

	Mount Gerizim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The mountain is sacred to the Samaritans who regard it, rather than Jerusalem's Temple Mount, as having been the location chosen by Yahweh for a holy temple.
		The mountain continues to be the centre of Samaritan religion to this day, and over 90% of the worldwide population of Samaritans live in very close proximity to Gerizim, mostly in Kiryat Luza, the main village.
		Though it had been destroyed by his time, Josephus plainly states that the temple on Gerizim was similar to that in Jerusalem (prior to the Herodian expansion of the latter), and that it was surrounded by fortifications
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gerizim (1788 words)

	nablus/shechem
		The Samaritans further hold that Mount Gerizim was the true mountain in the "region of Moriah" where Abraham set up an altar and prepared to sacrifice Isaac, not the Temple Mount in Jerusalem as held by the Jews of Judah.
		Mount Gerizim is of significant archaeological interest today because any information gleaned about the temple that stood there can only add to our knowledge of the temple built by the returning exiles in Jerusalem, of which not a trace remains.
		Though the Gerizim temple too was destroyed in the late 2nd century BC by Hasmonean leader John Hyrcanus, the dig has turned up many interesting finds, like the remains of a sacred precinct from the 5th century BC, and a larger, more elegant precinct from the 2nd century BC.
	www.ourfatherlutheran.net /biblehomelands/palestine/nablus.htm (6392 words)

	ANISTORITON Journal of History, Archaeology, ArtHistory: History News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Their numbers are not large, and today less than five hundred are left of a great nation that is said to have been counted in hundreds of thousands --there were estimated to be over three-quarters of a million in the early part of the Christian era.
		The principal divergence is the telescoping of the first two Commandments, and the replacement of the tenth by one stressing the sanctity of Mount Gerizim as the site of House of God, the place of creation of Adam and Eve, and of the readying of Isaac for sacrifice.
		On the appointed evening, the men dress in white robes and enact the biddings of Exodus 12:11, that "This is the way in which you must eat; you shall have your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand.", in remembrance of the hurried exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
	www.anistor.co.hol.gr /english/enback/h032.htm (1400 words)

	Tell er-Ras (Mount Gerizim): Bennett and Bull \| The Shelby White - Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publications
		Tell er Ras is the name given to the peak which forms the northern extremity of Mount Gerizim.
		This portion of Mount Gerizim rises abruptly some 300m above the floor of the narrow pass between Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal.
		The second major element of this portion of the archaeological record is a cistern dug directly into bedrock at the northern end of the structural complex which contained significant quantities of mid-to-late Hellenistic ceramic materials.
	fas.harvard.edu /~semitic/wl/digsites/Cisjordan/Gerizim_98/index.htm (749 words)

	Mount Gerizim, The One True Sanctuary
		The boundaries therein recorded define both sides of the plain: Gerizim on its right, Ebal on its left; and the meadow of Moreh is at the base of Gerizim, reaching as far as the base of Ebal, and Gilgal is opposite the two mountains, and forms a part of their boundaries.
		The eighth argument, which also confirms the fact that Mount Gerizim is the appointed place, is that it was the mountain upon which the blessings were recited.
		The seventh name is “MOUNT GERIZIM.” It is explained after the Scriptures as the mountain of blessing: “Thou shalt make the blessing upon Mount Gerizim.” It is, also, hinted at as the dwelling of God (may he be exalted) whereupon the name of God (may he be exalted) must be uttered.
	members.tripod.com /~osher_2/MountGerizim.htm (6252 words)

	Shechem (BiblePlaces.com)
		Located between Mt. Gerizim (left) and Mt. Ebal (right) Shechem is preeminent in the biblical record, beginning with God's promise of the land to Abraham.
		Gerizim in the background was the location of the Samaritan temple in the 4th-2nd centuries B.C. Middle Bronze Gate
		Mt Gerizim (Christian Travel Study Program) Features several good pictures with excellent identifying captions, accompanied by text highlighting interesting features of the site, including a description of the Samaritan community residing in the region.
	www.bibleplaces.com /shechem.htm (638 words)

	Bible Dictionary: Gerizim and Ebal
		Gerizim is about 800 feet above the plain (2850 feet above sea-level), while Ebal is 100 feet higher; both have precipitous faces, the two summits being about one-third mile apart.
		After the return from the Babylonian captivity Gerizim again became a place of importance, as the center of the Samaritan worship.
		Refusing to put her away, he was expelled from the priesthood, and took refuge with the Samaritans, among whom, as a member of the high priestly family, he set up upon Mount Gerizim a rival temple and priesthood (John 4: 20).
	scriptures.lds.org /en/bd/g/27 (223 words)

	Archeology on Mount Gerizim
		Mount Gerizim was the worship center of the Samaritans (Jews who had intermarried with Gentiles and where thus excluded from the temple in Jerusalem).
		A temple was built there in 4th century B.C. which was destroyed in 107 B.C. Just before the Israelites were brought into their promised land, Moses had the tribes of Israel that were to give blessings stand on Mount Gerizim, while the tribes who were to pronounce curses stood on Mount Ebal (Deuteronomy 27:11–13).
		Also, in Judges 9:7, Jotham (the brother of Abimelech and the son of Gideon) climbed Mount Gerizim to shout a proclamation to the people of Shechem for crowning Abimelech king after Abimelech had killed his 70 brothers.
	www.levitt.com /slideshow/s04p02.html (198 words)

	The Valley Of Good & Evil
		Soon after their entrance into the land of Israel, the Jewish people are told to travel to Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Eival, where half of the tribes are to stand on one mountain while the other half will stand opposite them on the other mountain.
		Although G-d addresses the nation as a whole at Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Eival, the language of these curses and blessings are in the singular: G-d is speaking to each and every Jew.
		The Levites relayed the blessings and curses from Hashem to Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Eival.
	www.tfdixie.com /parshat/kitavo/014.htm (930 words)

	The Zap ConneXion :: "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."
		Gerizim, the mountain of blessing, and Ebal, the mountain of curses, were the threshold of
		She was located on the physical Mt Gerizim, but considering what Gerizim had come to stand for (that is, pagan worship of YHWH), she was also standing on the SPIRITUAL GERIZIM.
		Let’s define the spiritual Gerizim thusly- originally based in God, deviation from His ways leading to paganized worship of Him, disregarding of the curse of disobedience (Mt Ebal) and continued belief in retaining God’s blessing.
	www.freewebs.com /green_berean/mountainofgod.htm (1815 words)

	Samaritan Passover
		The Samaritans have existed as group separate from the Jews since the exile of the northern kingdom in 722 B.C. They were a distinct people already by the time of Ezra and Nehemiah.
		In the days of Alexander the Great, they built their own temple on Mt. Gerizim (which is currently being excavated underneath the Byzantine Church on the summit of the mountain), and held their own sacrifices there while others were going on in Jerusalem.
		Jesus was asked by the woman at the well where sacrifices should be made - she of course went to this sacrifice for Passover every year.
	www.bibleplaces.com /bolen/samaritan_passover.htm (767 words)

	Biblical places: Mount Gerizim
		Mount Gerizim is a mountain next to Mount Ebal, overlooking the Valley of Shechem.
		In Deuteronomy 11:29, Moses tells the Israelites that when the Lord brings them into the promised land, a blessing shall be proclaimed from Mount Gerizim, and a curse from Mount Ebal.
		Gideon's son Jotham, stood at the top of Mount Gerizim, and offered his solution to the men of Shechem, as to who would be the next Judge of Israel (Judges 9:7-20).
	www.aboutbibleprophecy.com /s54.htm (174 words)

	Gerizim Powers
		Gerizim may not shift outside of Metropolis using Limiting Shapeshifting without Sorcery (which is only illusionary) and Limited Shapeshifting does not allow for rapid healing.
		A Gerizim cannot be possessed by the Tandrai, nor are they affected by the bulk of Tandrai local powers.
		Conversely, most Gerizim local powers will not work on anyone who is fully possessed by Tandrai.
	home.earthlink.net /~pigllett/met-powers.html (581 words)

	Gerizim - Easton Bible Dictionary - Bible Software by johnhurt.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		To this mountain the woman of Sychar referred in John 4:20.
		For centuries Gerizim was the centre of political outbreaks.
		The Samaritans (q.v.), a small but united body, still linger here, and keep up their ancient ceremonial worship.
	www.htmlbible.com /kjv30/easton/east1465.htm (211 words)

	CNN.com - Amid conflict, Samaritans keep unique identity - Oct. 8, 2002
		There, he'll gather with friends and family and relinquish his casual button-down shirt and jeans to don the flowing white robe and red headdress that is traditional to the Samaritan Sabbath.
		Their community numbers less than 700 people and is split almost evenly between the Palestinian controlled area of Mount Gerizim in the West Bank and the Israeli town of Holon near Tel Aviv.
		The Samaritans of Mount Gerizim are faced with the toughest challenges, says Daphna Tsimcchoni, a researcher at the Truman Institute for Peace at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/10/08/samaritans (1180 words)

	Paul and Judie Ross: Samaritans
		It was also apparent that there was competition and enmity between Jerusalem and Mount Gerizim, and it seems to be both religious and polical in nature.
		Mount Gerizim was an important religious and political center.
		Mount Gerizim is on the West Bank, close to Nablus, which was called Shechem in Biblical days and which is now a hotbed of rage and violence.
	www.globaladventure.us /articles/samaritans.html (3471 words)

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