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To get back to the actual subject, the Samaritans, i know that the Jewish position is that the Samaritans are the descendants of foreigners brought in by the Assyrians to repopulate Samaria (Israel) after the Assyrian conquest. The Samaritans themselves believe they are the descendants of the original population of Samaria. At the time of Christ the Samaritans made up most of the people of the territory of the former northern kingdom. As we know from the New Testament the Jews did not associate with the Samaritans, and they were not exiled from the Holy Land by the Romans after the two Jewish Revolts. It appears that, in general, the Samaritans were less successful than the Christians in resisting conversion to Islam after the Muslim conquest. Now there are only about 700 of them left.

So what do you think about their origin?

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