adherents of samaritanism consider a formation known as the holy rock, atop the summit of mount gerizim (samaritan hebrew: "ar-garízim", arabic: جبل جرزيم "jabal jarizīm", t.h.: הַר גְּרִזִּים "har gərizzîm", s.h.: הַר גְּרִיזִּים "har gərizzim"; also romanized as "jirziem"), to be their "holy of holies". this is comparable with the temple mount of jerusalem as idealized and revered by mainstream jews – however gerizim is located near the samaritan village of kiryat luza (الطيبه), adjacent to the palestinian city of nablus (present-day biblical shechem), in the west bank.