Samaritan Israelites and Jews under the Shadow of Rome: Reading John 4:4–45 in Ephesus
Genealogies, knowledge, and purity all can provide separate identities with the means for competing self-definition. This article assumes a social location near Ephesus with Samaritan Israelites and Judeans in a Jesus-believing network. Rather than providing an analysis in which divisions are transc...
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description | Genealogies, knowledge, and purity all can provide separate identities with the means for competing self-definition. This article assumes a social location near Ephesus with Samaritan Israelites and Judeans in a Jesus-believing network. Rather than providing an analysis in which divisions are transcended, this reading suggests that a negotiation in John 4:4–45 of these three characteristics navigates divisions to create a complex, merged superordinate identity. |
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spelling | doaj.art-282d8bbe46fa48e490cb511c8a38d22b2023-11-19T12:45:42ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442023-09-01149114910.3390/rel14091149Samaritan Israelites and Jews under the Shadow of Rome: Reading John 4:4–45 in EphesusLaura J. Hunt0Institute of Education and Humanities, University of Wales Trinity St. David, Wales SA31 3EP, UKGenealogies, knowledge, and purity all can provide separate identities with the means for competing self-definition. This article assumes a social location near Ephesus with Samaritan Israelites and Judeans in a Jesus-believing network. Rather than providing an analysis in which divisions are transcended, this reading suggests that a negotiation in John 4:4–45 of these three characteristics navigates divisions to create a complex, merged superordinate identity.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/9/1149Samaritan womanJohn 4PhotiniBayes’ theoremsocial identity theoryingroup projection |
spellingShingle | Laura J. Hunt Samaritan Israelites and Jews under the Shadow of Rome: Reading John 4:4–45 in Ephesus Religions Samaritan woman John 4 Photini Bayes’ theorem social identity theory ingroup projection |
title | Samaritan Israelites and Jews under the Shadow of Rome: Reading John 4:4–45 in Ephesus |
title_full | Samaritan Israelites and Jews under the Shadow of Rome: Reading John 4:4–45 in Ephesus |
title_fullStr | Samaritan Israelites and Jews under the Shadow of Rome: Reading John 4:4–45 in Ephesus |
title_full_unstemmed | Samaritan Israelites and Jews under the Shadow of Rome: Reading John 4:4–45 in Ephesus |
title_short | Samaritan Israelites and Jews under the Shadow of Rome: Reading John 4:4–45 in Ephesus |
title_sort | samaritan israelites and jews under the shadow of rome reading john 4 4 45 in ephesus |
topic | Samaritan woman John 4 Photini Bayes’ theorem social identity theory ingroup projection |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/9/1149 |
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