Josephus dates the Samaritan schism to 330 BCE
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 10:35 am
Josephus did not like Samaritans.
He had much to say regarding the long feud between the Samaritan priests and the high priesthood of Jerusalem over the correct reading of the Torah. However, he blames the Jews for the final divorce, i.e. schism of 330 BCE. The straw that finally broke the camel's back was a Jewish family quarrel over the high priesthood. This quarrel resulted in John murdering his brother Jesus at the Jerusalem temple for the job of high priesthood. That was bad enough but then the Persians (as their own form of punishment) forced a marriage between a Samaritan (Cuthean) girl named Nicaso with the brother of the high-priest of the Jews named Manasseh.
http://cojs.org/josephus-_antiquities_x ... amaritans/
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_ ... theans.htm
The Hatfield-McCoy feud was on.
So we have the Tanakh testifying to the origins of the Samaritans, as well as the Assyrians, and Josephus.
But of course they are all interpolations because the Northern tribes of Israel never existed. Therefore, Jesus did not exist.
Do I got that about right my mythicist friends?
He had much to say regarding the long feud between the Samaritan priests and the high priesthood of Jerusalem over the correct reading of the Torah. However, he blames the Jews for the final divorce, i.e. schism of 330 BCE. The straw that finally broke the camel's back was a Jewish family quarrel over the high priesthood. This quarrel resulted in John murdering his brother Jesus at the Jerusalem temple for the job of high priesthood. That was bad enough but then the Persians (as their own form of punishment) forced a marriage between a Samaritan (Cuthean) girl named Nicaso with the brother of the high-priest of the Jews named Manasseh.
http://cojs.org/josephus-_antiquities_x ... amaritans/
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_ ... theans.htm
The Hatfield-McCoy feud was on.
So we have the Tanakh testifying to the origins of the Samaritans, as well as the Assyrians, and Josephus.
But of course they are all interpolations because the Northern tribes of Israel never existed. Therefore, Jesus did not exist.
Do I got that about right my mythicist friends?