Numbering in the millions in antiquity, the Samaritans appear both in the Torah and the New Testament. Ruthlessly persecuted for centuries, by the start of the twentieth century they dwindled down to only about 100 members. Numbering some 850 today, they live near their holy mountain of Gerizim near the city of Nablus. I headed out there to visit the holy sites and to catch up with some old acquaintances that I have met in the past.