The Four Classes of Samaritans.
The Gorthenes celebrate their feasts at other times than Sebyaeans.
The Sebyaeans differ from the Gorthenes by reason of their feasts.
The Seven Heresies of the Jews.
Thus far the summary of the thirteen heresies contained in the second part of Book II.
The following belong to this third part, in which thirteen heresies are contained:
Thus far for the eighteen heresies of the fourth part of Book II.
The following five heresies are contained in the fifth part of Book II:
Thus far the five heresies of the fifth part of Book II.
The following seven heresies are contained in the first part of Book III:
Thus far similarly the seven heresies of the first part of Book III.
In the second part of Book III there are four heresies:
Samaritanism and the Samaritans of this sect. This originated with the Jews before the appearance of heresies among the Greeks and before their teachings took definite form but after they had received their religion. It stands between Judaism and Hellenism and took occasion to arise in the time of Nabuchodonosor and the Jewish captivity. These were Assyrian colonists who had settled in Judea and had received the Pentateuch of Moses which the king had sent them from Babylon at the hands of the priest called Esdras. They hold everything that the Jews do, except that they hold the Gentiles in abomination, avoid contact with certain things, deny the resurrection of the dead, and reject the post-Mosaic prophecies.
Σαμαρειτισμὸς καὶ οἱ ἀπὸ τούτου Σαμαρεῖται. Οὗτός ἐστιν ἀπὸ Ἰουδαίων, πρὸ μὲν τοῦ καταστῆναι αἱρέσεις εἰς Ἕλληνας καὶ πρὸ τοῦ συστῆναι αὐτῶν τὰ δόγματα, μετὰ δὲ τοῦ εἶναι Ἑλλήνων τὴν θρησκείαν καὶ μέσον τοῦ Ἰουδαϊσμοῦ πρόφασιν εἰληφὼς ἀπὸ τῶν χρόνων Ναβουχοδονόσορ καὶ τῆς τῶν Ἰουδαίων αἰχμαλωσίας: μέτοικοι δὲ ὄντες ἀπὸ Ἀσσυρίων εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν καὶ λαβόντες τὴν πεντάτευχον Μωσέως, τοῦ βασιλέως αὐτοῖς ἀποστείλαντος ἀπὸ Βαβυλῶνος διὰ ἱερέως Ἔσδρα καλουμένου, τὰ πάντα ἔχοντες ὡς Ἰουδαῖοι, πλὴν τοῦ βδελύττεσθαι τὰ ἔθνη καὶ μήτε προσψαύειν τινῶν καὶ πλὴν τοῦ ἀρνεῖσθαι νεκρῶν ἀνάστασιν καὶ τὰς ἄλλας προφητείας τὰς μετὰ Μωσέα.