Politics · 21 · Yhwh and His People

Mount Gerizim or Jerusalem?

Deuteronomy centralizes worship in 'the place God will choose.' Northerners said that was Mount Gerizim; southerners said Jerusalem.

An ancient dispute still echoing.

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The dispute surfaces in the New Testament, in Jesus' conversation with a Samaritan woman.

Bible reference: Deuteronomy 12:11; John 4:20

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 336–337

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