Holy Places (pilgrimages included) …show more content…
For the Samaritans, this place of importance was Mount Gerizim. They believed that “Mount Gerizim, not Zion, [was] the true chosen place of God prescribed in the Torah” (Dictionary of The New Testament p194). The Jews disagreed with this though and proclaimed that, “Jerusalem/ Zion was the beloved city” that people prayed to throughout the day (Dictionary of the New Testament p326). Both religions also took pilgrimages to these holy places during festivals and special feasts. The Samaritans made pilgrimages to Mount Gerizim on festivals such as “Passover, Pentecost, and Booths” (Dictionary of The New Testament 195) and the Jews “wished to die and be buried [at Zion]”. (Dictionary of The New Testament