. . "For the parable, see Parable of the Good Samaritan. For other uses, see Samaritan (disambiguation).The Samaritans (Samaritan Hebrew: \u05E9\u05D5\u05B9\u05DE\u05B0\u05E8\u05B4\u05D9\u05DD Samerim \"Guardians/Keepers/Watchers [of the Law/Torah]\", Jewish Hebrew: \u05E9\u05D5\u05DE\u05E8\u05D5\u05E0\u05D9\u05DD\u200E Shomronim, Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0645\u0631\u064A\u0648\u0646\u200E S\u0101meriyy\u016Bn) are an ethnoreligious group of the Levant, descended from ancient Semitic inhabitants of the region.The Samaritans are adherents of Samaritanism, an Abrahamic religion closely related to Judaism."@en . . .