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Redemption® Collectible Trading Card Game HQ => Official Rules & Errata => Ruling Questions => Topic started by: RTSmaniac on August 14, 2009, 02:30:43 PM

Title: Is martha considered samaritan?
Post by: RTSmaniac on August 14, 2009, 02:30:43 PM: Is martha considered samaritan?

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Title: Re: Is martha considered samaritan?
Post by: TechnoEthicist on August 14, 2009, 02:33:56 PM: Was Bethany in Samaria? I am not sure...but I highly doubt it..especially with the low regard for Samaritans, hence probably why they were used in probables.
Title: Re: Is martha considered samaritan?
Post by: sk on August 14, 2009, 02:34:52 PM: No. Bethany was in Jerusalem (http://www.sacred-destinations.com/israel/jerusalem-bethany.htm), which is part of the Kingdom of Judah. Samaria is a separate city in the Kingdom of Israel.
Title: Re: Is martha considered samaritan?
Post by: frisian9 on August 14, 2009, 07:37:53 PM: I think we had better rely on direct reference to someone being Samaritan - not rely on where they live. In the NT time period, it was common for people to live outside their national boundaries. If the Bible says explicitly that one is a Samaritan, then that decides it. That is the rule I will follow in generating the list of cards in this category.

Mike