The Samaritans had false religious views. They accepted as inspired only the first five books of the Holy Scriptures ​ — and these just in their own recension, called the Samaritan Pentateuch.
शोमरोनी लोकांना देवाची खऱ्‍या अर्थाने ओळख झाली नव्हती पण यहुद्यांना मात्र शास्त्रवचनांबद्दलचे ज्ञान बहाल करण्यात आले होते.