entity_id,period_id,confidence,rationale,source_id,review_status
ENT_SAM_ANGEL,PER_SAMARITAN,high,"Samaritan theology recognizes the Angel/Malak as a created mediator of God's word and presence (e.g., the Angel at the burning bush and Sinai), within a strictly monotheistic framework; discussed in Pummer and Memar Marqah.",SRC_MEMAR_MARQAH,reviewed
ENT_SAM_BABA_RABBA,PER_SAMARITAN,high,"4th-c. CE Samaritan reformer who reorganized the community, established sages/hukama and synagogue worship, traditionally associated with a Samaritan revival; historical figure attested in the Samaritan chronicles and Anderson-Giles.",SRC_ANDERSON_GILES_KEEPERS,reviewed
ENT_SAM_GERIZIM,PER_SAMARITAN,high,"Mount Gerizim is the Samaritan 'chosen place' (the tenth commandment in the Samaritan Decalogue), site of the temple/altar, the Passover sacrifice, and the eschatological restoration; the central sacred realm of the religion. Archaeologically and textually attested.",SRC_PUMMER_SAMARITANS,reviewed
ENT_SAM_GLORY,PER_SAMARITAN,high,Samaritan theology (esp. Memar Marqah) develops the divine Glory/Light (the Kavod) as God's manifestation at Sinai and upon Moses' face; a mediating presence akin to but distinct from the Jewish Shekhinah/Kavod. Attested in Marqah.,SRC_MEMAR_MARQAH,reviewed
ENT_SAM_HIGH_PRIEST,PER_SAMARITAN,high,"The hereditary Samaritan high priesthood, claimed from Aaron/Levi via Phinehas (and after that line's end, from the Levitical line of Uzziel); the living head of the community on Gerizim. Continuous office, well attested.",SRC_PUMMER_SAMARITANS,reviewed
ENT_SAM_JOSEPH,PER_SAMARITAN,high,Samaritans identify principally as descendants of Joseph through Ephraim and Manasseh (the 'B'nei Yosef'); Joseph and Gerizim/Shechem are central to their self-understanding. Reception of the Pentateuchal Joseph (ENT_ISR_JOSEPH).,SRC_PUMMER_SAMARITANS,reviewed
ENT_SAM_JOSHUA,PER_SAMARITAN,high,"In Samaritan tradition (incl. the Samaritan Book of Joshua/Chronicle) Joshua leads Israel into the land and establishes the sanctuary at Gerizim near Shechem, inaugurating the period of Divine Favor (Rahuta). Reception of the Israelite Joshua (ENT_ISR_JOSHUA).",SRC_ANDERSON_GILES_KEEPERS,reviewed
ENT_SAM_MARQAH,PER_SAMARITAN,high,"4th-c. CE Samaritan theologian, traditional author of the Memar Marqah (Tibat Marqe) and liturgical poems; the great systematizer of Samaritan theology of Moses and the Glory. Historical figure.",SRC_MEMAR_MARQAH,reviewed
ENT_SAM_MOSES,PER_SAMARITAN,high,"In Samaritan theology Moses is the unsurpassable prophet, sole revealer of the complete Torah, sometimes given pre-cosmic dignity in Memar Marqah; no later prophet is canonical. Homonym/reception of the Israelite Moses (ENT_ISR_MOSES).",SRC_MEMAR_MARQAH,reviewed
ENT_SAM_PANTHEON,PER_SAMARITAN,high,"Organizing hub for the Samaritan tradition (deity, prophets, priests, eschatology, sacred realm). Modeling device, not an attested 'pantheon' — Samaritanism is strictly monotheistic.",SRC_PUMMER_SAMARITANS,reviewed
ENT_SAM_PASSOVER,PER_SAMARITAN,high,"The living Samaritan Passover sacrifice on Mount Gerizim is the most distinctive surviving Israelite blood-sacrifice; publicly attested annual ritual. Modeled only at the level of public observance, not ritual interiors.",SRC_ANDERSON_GILES_KEEPERS,reviewed
ENT_SAM_PHINEHAS,PER_SAMARITAN,high,Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron is venerated as the zealous priest and ancestor of the Samaritan high-priestly line (the 'Pinhasite' priesthood). Pentateuchal figure read through Samaritan priestly genealogy.,SRC_PUMMER_SAMARITANS,reviewed
ENT_SAM_RAHUTA_FANUTA,PER_SAMARITAN,high,"Samaritan periodization of sacred history into Rahuta (the era of divine Favor, from Moses/Joshua) and Fanuta (the era of divine Disfavor/turning-away, beginning with Eli's schism), to be ended by the Taheb. Attested in Samaritan chronicles and Pummer.",SRC_PUMMER_SAMARITANS,reviewed
ENT_SAM_SHEMA,PER_SAMARITAN,high,Samaritans confess strict monotheism of the God of Israel; commonly invoke 'Shema' (the Name / the One) and the tetragrammaton-equivalent of Israelite faith. Same God as Israelite Yahweh; distinct cult on Gerizim. Attested in Samaritan liturgy and Pummer.,SRC_PUMMER_SAMARITANS,reviewed
ENT_SAM_TAHEB,PER_SAMARITAN,high,"The Taheb ('the one who returns/restores') is the Samaritan messianic figure, a prophet like Moses (Deut 18:18) who will restore true worship on Gerizim and the hidden cult vessels; attested in Samaritan sources and discussed by Pummer and Anderson-Giles. Functional analogue of the Jewish Messiah.",SRC_PUMMER_SAMARITANS,reviewed
ENT_SAM_TORAH,PER_SAMARITAN,high,"The Samaritan Pentateuch (Samaritan Hebrew Torah) is the entire Samaritan canon, with distinctive readings (notably the Gerizim commandment); the Abisha Scroll is its most venerated copy. Well attested textual tradition.",SRC_PUMMER_SAMARITANS,reviewed