The Samaritans lived in what has been thought as the Northern Kingdom of Israel.The kingdoms capital was called Samaria, and was placed between Galilee to the north and Judea to the south.
They affirmed only the first five books of the Bible as canonical, considered their temple as Mount Gerizim rather than Mount Zion in Jerusalem (John 4:20).
The Samaritans were ethnically intermingled with northern Israel. They had somewhat a basic bible understanding with the five books of Moses and oral teachings that followed by interpret and live by the bible.
- The power of the serpent will be crushed. (Gen 3:15)
- Hope will come through the child of a woman. (Gen 3:15)
- Salvation will come through Abraham.