The Samaritans, the earliest Jewish sect; their history, theology, and literature . ipping onGerizim, but God put it in the heart of king Theodosius(Tahadis) to drive off the disturbers. The anecdote isplaced in the midst of accounts of frays between Samaritansand Christians, which seem therefore to have been checkedby the strong hand of the government. But a far more grievous difficulty now assailed theSamaritans than any which arose from the law. Samariahad now become holy ground to the Christians as well asto the Shechemites, and with the advent of the Church toempire there arose the fanati
The Samaritans, the earliest Jewish sect; their history, theology, and literature . ipping onGerizim, but God put it in the heart of king Theodosius(Tahadis) to drive off the disturbers. The anecdote isplaced in the midst of accounts of frays between Samaritansand Christians, which seem therefore to have been checkedby the strong hand of the government. But a far more grievous difficulty now assailed theSamaritans than any which arose from the law. Samariahad now become holy ground to the Christians as well asto the Shechemites, and with the advent of the Church toempire there arose the fanatical question as to the posses-sion of the sacred sites, most of which the Christians pro-ceeded to claim. On one memorable occasion the land hadbeen trodden by the feet of Christ, and Christian devotionpromptly addressed itself to the well by Sychar, where Jesustaught the Samaritan woman, and which was also hoary 86 Gratz, op. cit. iv, 387, has misunderstood the impHcation of thislaw, and is uncertain whether it is favorable or otherwise to the com-munities concerned. 87 P. CO S c a in o UNDER THE CHRISTIAN EMPIRE 107 with patriarchal tradition as Jacobs Well — one of the fewspots in Palestine which we can exactly identify withChrists movements. In the IVth Century the sacred Wellcame into Christian possession, and Jerome, writing about404, records how the venerable lady Paula visited thechurch that was built about Jacobs Well; this possessionwas maintained by the Christians down into Muslimtimes.^^ There was yet another holy site not far off from the Wellwhich also claimed the interest of Christians. This was theTomb of Joseph, which, according to Jewish tradition,attested for the 1st Century A. C, was the sepulchre of theTwelve Patriarchs or Sons of Jacob.^° Jerome reportsthat Paula, after visiting Jacobs Well, turned aside andsaw the tombs of the Twelve Patriarchs. Of the conflictswhich broke out over the possessions of this site the Samari-tan chronicles preserve s
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