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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Main Author: Laura J. Hunt
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-09-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/9/1149
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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
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Samaritan Israelites and Jews under the Shadow of Rome: Reading John 4:4–45 in Ephesus
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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
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