Samaritan (disambiguation)

The Samaritans are an ethnoreligious group of the eastern Mediterranean region, originating from connection with ancient Samaria.

Samaritan may also refer to:

Samaritanism

• Samaritanism (Samaritan religion), the religion of Samaritans
  • Samaritan Pentateuch (Samaritan Torah), the Samaritan bible
  • Samaritan Temple, the church of Samaritans
    • Samaritan High Priest (kohen gadol) of the extant Samaritans

Linguistics

• Samaritan (Unicode block), a block of Unicode characters for writing ancient Hebrew and Aramaic
• Samaritan source (symbol), a typographic symbol indicating original source written with Samaritan script
• Samaritan alphabet
• Samaritan Aramaic language
• Samaritan Hebrew
  • Samaritan vocalization

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Samaritan (comics), a superhero character from the Astro City comic book series, in the vein of Superman
• Samaritan, an antagonistic artificial superintelligence in the television show Person of Interest

Other arts, entertainment, and media

• Samartian demo, a software demonstration of the Unreal Engine
• Samaritan (novel) is a 2003 novel by Richard Price
• The Samaritan, a 2012 film starring Samuel L. Jackson also known as Fury
• Samaritan (2021 film), an American superhero film

Organizations

• Samaritans (charity) (formerly The Samaritans), a British-based registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in distress or at risk of suicide

• Samaritan's Purse, a non-denominational evangelical Christian humanitarian organization
• The Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong, a non-government organization providing similar counseling services in Hong Kong
• Samaritans of Singapore, a non-government organization providing similar counseling services in Singapore

• Good Samaritan Industries, a UnitingCare Australia church agency in Western Australia, which helps find employment for people with disabilities
• Samaritan Foundation Cult, a cult associated with the death of filmmaker Allen Ross

Transportation

• Samaritan Aviation, an airline of Papua New Guinea
• FV104 Samaritan, an ambulance of the CVR(T) family of vehicles in service with the British Army and others
• Convair C-131 Samaritan, U.S. twin-engined military transport plane
• USS Samaritan, a U.S. Navy shipname
  • USS Samaritan (AH-10), a WWII U.S. Navy hospital ship

Other uses

• Samaritan Catholic College, a secondary college in the Northern Suburb of Preston, Victoria, Australia
• Samaritan Residential Schools, Elagiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, India

See also

• All pages with titles containing samaritan or samaritans
• All pages with titles beginning with Samaritan
• The Good Samaritan (disambiguation)
• Bad Samaritans (disambiguation)
• Samaritan Hospital (disambiguation)
• Samaritan Christians
• Samiri (Islamic figure)