“Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans. But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Matthew 10: 5-6)
Samaritan (n.) Old English, “inhabitant of Samaria,” a district of Palestine, from Late Latin Samaritanus, from Greek Samareia (see Samaria). A non-Hebrew race was settled in its cities by the king of Assyria after the removal of the Israelites from the country. They later adopted some Jewish ways, but largely remained apart. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Samaritan
I have written on the subject before but I find it necessary to reiterate. The image of the Good Samaritan has become so reified in the consciousness of Christians. His goodness has become used to characterize the Samaritans in general as Good, this is called the fundamental attribution error, characterizing things in terms of essences. Jesus was a Philosopher King and as such he taught High Philosophy, he was a part of the Math Cults created by Pythagoras and he was in the tradition of Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates. In order to be a carpenter he had to be conversant in Algebra. Jesus was asked the Question, “Who is my neighbor.” and as was his tradition he answered the question in the form of a parable as was the Jewish Tradition which has Layers of meaning ( Jewish tradition of layered meaning.)
The Samaritans were anything but “Good” they were the ones stoning people to death, they were the ones praying in the streets like the hypocrites, just as Muslims are doing today. ( Samaritans ) The reason Jesus used them for an example is for several reasons, the word used for Neighbor translates to “near” and is a reference to shepherding. ( The Reason Jesus used Shepherding Metaphors ) Jesus taught a Philosophical family and he was using the word Neighbor as though it were the word Brother as in Philia, Philoish, or Philosophy ( Philia Sophia, Platonic Love of Wisdom). As every philosopher that is worth his salt knows the exception proves the rule not the exception because it is an exception. As an exception it is an implicature, inviting scrutiny and contemplation, what was it that made him a brother that should be brought near?
As you can imagine, if you weren’t supposed to step foot in a Samaritan camp you wouldn’t be building your neighborhood for your philosophical family next to theirs. Now the Sadducee and the Pharisee that passed up the person who had been assaulted and robbed by Highway men were both of the same Torah or philosophy that the Samaritan subscribed to, what was different was his behavior. He had treated the wounded person as though he were an equal. He had applied the Golden Rule to the person who was abandoned in his plight. So a brother is as a brother does, even if he is a Samaritan.
It is also quite likely that among the Samaritans the Jewish Babylonian Zealots known as the Sicarii were living and hiding. There are 3 law covenants, the Abrahamic Law Covenant, the Mosaic Law Covenant, and the Messianic Law Covenant. Just as the Muslim Holy day is on Friday, and the Jewish Sabbath is on Saturday, the Christian Holiday is Sunday. In the same wa,y as the Judeo-Christian religion evolved the grosser more violent elements that tied them to tyrannical Babylon were eliminated. The people that were the Jews back then are not the people that are the Jews today. Because the Invasive Babylonian Death Cults could no longer conceal themselves among the Jews, because they were no longer welcome, Mohammed created Islam and rebranded it as a Judeo-Christian religion, once again trying to blend in with the people he intended to stab in the back. As the Muslim saying goes, “First comes Saturday, then comes Sunday.”
Remember that the Samaritans were the people that moved into the area and adopted a portion of the Hebrew laws, not all of them, just enough so Yahweh would tolerate their presence. ( Palestinians are Philistines, Literally.) Whereas before, the assassins were hiding amongst the Jewish populations, as the Jewish and Gentile population merged and moved farther west now these assassins can only hide amongst their own people. Only and Idiot like Barack Hussein Obama would knowingly invite them into our midst.
Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans.