Leaders - Chronological and Mobile Friendly Ed.

You have seen that the Pharisees were born out of the necessity.  They were captives in a faraway land (Babylon) with no Temple and no ‘promised land’. What was their identity?  What was an Israelite (Jew) without a home and a Temple? How do they maintain national identity and worship YHWH in captivity? So, we have looked at how the Sabbath was a bone of contention between the Pharisees and Jesus.

Warning: Do not look at this cheat sheet until you have SOSed the scriptures in the Samaritan Articles.  You will only be robbing yourself of what the Holy Spirit was going to give you.

🐾 Zuko Explains – Samaria Travel & Encounters

🐾 The straw that broke the camel's back... Let’s pin down who the king was and what the letters said, step by step.

📜 The Biblical Account — Ezra 4

After Zerubbabel and Jeshua began rebuilding the Temple in Jerusalem (around 537–520 BCE), the surrounding peoples — including “the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin” (the Samaritans and others settled by the Assyrians) — offered to help.