brings back the goat, In making that comparison Sappho uses a form of the same Greek word John has the Samaritan use in her question to Jesus: the groom, Sappho says, is “much bigger than a big man.”. The Woman at the Well: Thirsty for Truth. It was about noon, the hottest part of the day, and a Samaritan woman came to the well at this inconvenient time to draw water. Above all, the story, which unfolds in John 4:1-40, suggests that Jesus is a loving and accepting God, … by Rita M. Gross, Catholic Feminists Meet, Strategize by Rosemary Radford Ruether and Theresa Yugar, Learning from the Nation by Jameelah X. Medina, Sexist Responses to Women Writing About Religion by Sarah Sentilles. The story in the Gospel of John of the encounter Jesus has with a Samaritan woman (hereafter, ‘the Samaritan’) at Jacob’s well (4:7-29) has attracted considerable scholarly attention. It was time for Christians to focus outward. Jesus alone is the Living Water that fills our void. God values us enough to actively seek us, to welcome us to intimacy, and to rejoice in our worship. She appears at an odd time of day with no one else around and manifests an inquisitive, independent mind. The woman went to the well to get a jug of water. Although they had never met before, Jesus revealed that he knew she'd had five husbands and was now living with a man who was not her husband. When he left, the people told the woman, "... we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the savior of the world." She new what Jesus meant. Thank you very much. by Lache S. Fierce Friendship and the Holidays by Stephanie Arel, Plato’s Diotima as a Symptom of Psychosis by Stuart Dean, May Love Rest You Merry this Solstice, As Darkness Holds Us in Her Grace, Privilege and Hierarchy in Community Care by Christy Croft, Sappy modern carols won’t cut it; Gritty Advent Hope is what we need this year. (John 4:26, ESV), As the woman began to grasp the reality of her encounter with Jesus, the disciples returned. The Message The Woman at the Well 4 1-3 Jesus realized that the Pharisees were keeping count of the baptisms that he and John performed (although his disciples, not Jesus, did the actual baptizing). Wearied John often writes of the physical nature of Jesus jn0114, jn1103, jn1133ff, jn1928, etc. Jesus brings back the lost sheep to safety. To make their journey shorter, they take the quickest route, through Samaria. BIG IDEA: I AM KNOWN BY JESUS AIM: ‘The Woman At the Well Encounters Jesus’ Childrens Lesson is intended to help children understand and think over the fact that Jesus knows all about them – the good things and the bad – and he loves them! Brava! Liz Curtis Higgs. Instead, she got much more, including a cleansed and refreshed spiritual life. And, while I am anything but a Biblical scholar, my gut tells me that you are spot on with your study of the Sumarian woman. I love this reading the passage in John. I did not know a loving God growing up. 22:16. Another parallel is that deeply moving image of Jesus actually carrying the sheep in his arms. The story is found in the Book of John, Chapter 4:4-42. Maybe this is the day that you, like the woman in this story, will find eternal life through Jesus Christ. 19 The Samaritan said to him: “Sir, I see you are a wise listener.”. Previously he worked in a variety of other capacities, including 15 years as a corporate attorney. On its surface, the story chronicles ethnic prejudice and a woman shunned by her community. She believed in Him, and then returned to her town to tell others who came to see for themselves. "How can you ask me for a drink?" Note: A more recent, better article on the Samaritan woman is here. There are lessons here about racial prejudice, religious hatred, and dealing with moral outcasts. A time when few people came to the well..7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. When I was writing a page (yes, just a simple page) about Sappho, I was overwhelmed with the amount of scholarship available. It brings back the sheep, As a result of Jesus’ conversation, only a person like the Samaritan woman, an outcast from her own people, could understand what this means. This view gains traction when we look at the heavy symbolism in the story. Jacob's well The site known today is authentic. Here is my translation (the underlying Greek and links to interpretive resources can be found here): 16 [Jesus] said: “go tell your ‘man’ and come back here.” Jesus’ conversation with the woman about her “five husbands” has a deeper meaning beyond just the woman’s own checkered marital history.CNS Photo The theme of a spiritual wedding is arguably also foreshadowed in how John starts the book itself, for ‘beginning’ is a feminine noun in Greek and ‘word’ is masculine, making ‘in the beginning was the word’ sexually symbolic; that, in turn, suggests that the well before which Jesus and the Samaritan stand, or the water in it, symbolizes God, or at least the spirit of God. As Sappho uses it in the line just quoted, ‘man’ (the same word used in John 4:16-18) clearly has primarily a biological meaning: it refers to a male adult. — by Trelawney Grenfell-Muir, Islam is my Louvre – Part II by Valentina Khan, The Swan-Bone Flute by Rachel O’Leary: Reviewed by Max Dashu, “If All Knowledge Must be Reinterpreted, Why Not Religion?” Says Islamic Feminist, Pandemic Grace: A FAR Message from Xochitl Alvizo, Was Sefer Yetzirah Written by a Woman? By reaching out to the Samaritans, Jesus showed that his mission was to all people, not just the Jews. ( Log Out / 8:2ff. In the days of the Church Fathers, did the whole Church fast, pray, and give alms for the forty dayspreceding Easter? Given prevailing attitudes at the time, those elements alone would be enough to raise the suspicion she might be lesbian. If this woman was married and divorced five times, then five men divorced her. The story can be read in John chapter 4 and finds Jesus speaking to a woman. A modern day monologue version of the what the Woman at the well said to Jesus. Of all the women in the bible I relate to the woman at the well the most. The lines you quote are fragment 104a. In those days, husbands divorced their wives, but wives did not divorce their husbands. And this well is not just any well; it is the same well where Jacob met his first wife Rachel in Gen 29. Jesus knew her history but still accepted her and ministered to her. Wish I had read your essay before treating that scene in my novel The Passion of Mary Magdalen. The story of the woman at the well teaches us that God loves us in spite of our bankrupt lives. Her most moving lines to me are these (reminiscent of Jesus as Shepherd), and translated in a Japanese poetry collection by Kure Shigeichi — who connected her, I think quite rightly, in terms of form and content, to the Japanese tanka and haiku tradition: Sappho says: His acknowledgment and acceptance of this fact is brought out in the way he frames his response by complimenting how the Samaritan spoke and by his own use of the word man in both senses. Jesus used the words living water to refer to eternal life, the gift that would satisfy her soul's desire: This living water was only available through him. φέρεις ὄιν, φέρεις αἶγα, φέρεις ἄπυ μάτερι παῖδα. Learn how your comment data is processed. John 4:5-6 sets the scene for this narrative. The Samaritan woman went straight from the well to the field. Meanwhile, Jesus told his disciples the harvest of souls was ready, sown by the prophets, writers of the Old Testament and John the Baptist. The title of the famous short story by J. D. Salinger, Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters, is a quote from a fragment of one such song attributed to Sappho: the dimensions of the bridal chamber need to be expanded to make room for the exaggerated ‘size’ of the excited groom, who she compares to a god. What Is the Meaning of Immanuel in the Bible? In order to appreciate the episode of the woman at the well, it helps to know some history. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Image: Paolo Veronese We don't know her name or age. Absolutely. Use our Bible object lesson to share this message with the children in your church. The story in this lesson takes some understanding – you have to know the players. ( Log Out / This is relatively common knowledge, and is easily gleaned by even a surface glance at the Gospels. I found your blog so well written, and so compassionate in its perspective, that I have linked to it on my Sappho page: http://lavenderpoems.com/sappho-lesbian-love-poet/ . (John 4:29, ESV). Most of the those “scholars” spoke with an arrogance that I found hard to swallow. Readers of the Jewish (or, for that matter, the Samaritan) scriptures would know that when a man and a woman meet at a well, a wedding usually follows. So the woman said to them, "Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did" (v. 29). Here’s more about the woman at the well and her conversation with Jesus: Background: A Samaritan woman meets Jesus alone when she goes to draw water from her town well. He is the living water that makes our souls well and strong, just like physical water makes our bodies, and pets, and plants well and strong. The human tendency is to judge others because of stereotypes, customs, or prejudices. Jesus, the Woman at the Well, and the Meaning of ‘Man’ by Stuart Dean. To begin with, the Samaritans were utterly despised by the Jews. Thank you for your comments on this piece and on my blog. I intend to focus primarily on only four verses, John 4:16-19. Reason enough to give our sister from Samaria a fresh look. Wonderful perspective. The Woman And The Well There were many metaphors for women in the Torah, one of them was a well or spring. Answer: The Samaritans occupied the country formerly belonging to the tribe of Ephraim and the half-tribe of Manasseh. "You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman," she reminded him. Watch the children's sermon demonstration below, download the teaching notes, and then gather your object lesson supplies. The Samaritan woman at the well is a figure from the Gospel of John, in John 4:4–26.In Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic traditions, she is venerated as a saint with the name Photine (Φωτεινή also Photini, Photina, meaning "the luminous one" from φῶς, "light"). In this encounter, Jesus speaks of living water, and Dr. Pitre discusses what Jesus means by this living water. The Greek “φέρεις” (phereis) repeated three times, not only means to bring back, but also to carry back (to carry the responsibility of compassion on one’s own shoulders). Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Jack Zavada is a writer who covers the Bible, theology, and other Christianity topics. 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Exploring the F-word in religion and the intersection between scholarship, activism, and community. As I have studied it this week, I have been struck by how simple and profound it is. But Catholics did this primarily for the sake of othersrather than themselves. He is the author "Hope for Hurting Singles: A Christian Guide to Overcoming Life's Challenges. Above all, the story, which unfolds in John 4:1-40, suggests that Jesus is a loving and accepting God, and we should follow his example. Also in Greek, as in English, notwithstanding its legal meaning, man could be used to refer to a sexual partner or paramour to whom one is not legally married. (John 4:42, ESV). by Mark Karapetyan. Before I explain exactly what the play on meaning is about I want to justify the assumption that there is some sort of play in the first place. Jesus treats people as individuals, accepting them with love and compassion. John 4:1-30 The Message (MSG) The Woman at the Well 4 1-3 Jesus realized that the Pharisees were keeping count of the baptisms that he and John performed (although his disciples, not Jesus, did the actual baptizing). ( Log Out / In John 4 the Woman at the Well has a divine encounter with Jesus. So great was the success of the mission, that the townspeople said to the woman: “We now believe, not for thy saying: for we ourselves have heard him, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.” Some Helpful Background. (Tulane, 1976) and J.D. Stuart Dean has a B.A. Angelica Kauffman’s 18th-century painting of Jesus with the Samaritan woman at the well. Just as the Samaritan woman was looking to men … Jesus & The Woman at the Well. The woman at the well was searching for the one true God and she was trying them all and wasn’t satisfied with any of them, even the sixth one. Living water: … For an overview of some of the interpretive issues raised by it there is a video of a conversation about it between H. W. Attridge and D. … The story of Jesus and the woman at the well is very familiar. The Gift of God: The gift of God was His Son, (John 3:16), the benefit was eternal life. The story of the woman at the well is one of the most well known in the Bible; many Christians can easily give a summary of it. 18 You have had five ‘men,’ and the one whom you have now is not your ‘man.’ You spoke truthfully.” Share how the woman went to collect water at the hottest time of the day because she didn’t want to see anyone or anyone to see her. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." Jesus’ conversation with the woman about her “five husbands” has a deeper meaning beyond just the woman’s own checkered marital history.CNS Photo I have had failed marriages. First, he spoke to her despite the fact that she was a woman. That resonates with how the groom at a Greek wedding would, with sexually charged humor, be compared to a god in wedding songs. But as in English, the word man could take on more or less specific meanings. He also discusses the relationship between this living water and Jesus' crucifixion. Sixth hour Probably noon. By contrast, the reference to the Samaritan’s prior five (probably a generic number meaning ‘more than one’) partners should be taken to be a polite acknowledgment of what was deemed customary of a lesbian lifestyle. It is correct to say the Samaritan had five ‘men’ (sexual partners) but not correct to say she has a ‘man’ as a partner. Some have argued that the reference to the bride and bridegroom at John 3:29 foreshadows the meeting of Jesus and the Samaritan as a spiritual wedding. But as if that weren't enough, he told the woman he could give her "living water" as a gift from God so that she would never thirst again. It seems to me, however, to make sense of otherwise confusing Greek and has important implications I hope are given consideration. (John 4:9). In order to appreciate the episode of the woman at the well, it helps to know some history. It is also worth noting that the conversation between the Samaritan woman and Jesus is the longest one-on-one exchange ever recorded by any of the Gospel writers. The story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well is one of the most captivating accounts recorded in the Gospel of John. She was worshipping these idols and therefore they became her husband’s. ", Summary of the Story of the Woman at the Well, Enjoy the Complete Christmas Story of the Birth of Jesus. There, around noon, while His disciples were in town buying food, He encountered a Samaritan woman coming to draw water from the well. Because of that context the conversation between Jesus and the Samaritan has been characterized as erotically charged banter. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Spiritual vs. Material: The Middle Way? When Jesus revealed himself as the Living Water to the woman at the well, his message was strikingly similar to his revelation as the Bread of Life: “I am the bread of life. On its surface, the story chronicles ethnic prejudice and a woman shunned by her community. The Woman at the Well in John 4 is an important Bible story for kids. The Woman Caught in Adultery Bible Story Study Guide, Meet Ruth: Great Grandmother of King David, The Woman Who Touched Jesus' Garment (Mark 5:21-34), St. Mary Magdalene, Patron Saint of Women, M.A., English Composition, Illinois State University, B.S., English Literature, Illinois State University. Vs. 7-8 – There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Of all the women in the bible I relate to the woman at the well the most. In this message we see that Jesus knows your deepest need and longs to meet it. to their beginning Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. I was in a very abusive, alcoholic family and continued their patterns into my adult life. Modern English has a parallel: in the formulaic expression “I now pronounce you man and wife,” man means husband rather than simply ‘adult male,’ yet man can have an almost psychological meaning. During his encounter with the woman at the well, Jesus broke three Jewish customs. A man meets a woman in a seemingly chance encounter. all that shining morning scattered On mystical marriage associated with the morning star cf: Rev. The story begins as Jesus and his disciples are traveling from Jerusalem in the south to Galilee in the north. In the book of Acts, after Jesus' ascension into heaven, his apostles carried on his work in Samaria and to the Gentile world. The Woman at the Well – John 4:4-12. Leaving behind her water jar, the woman returned to town, inviting the people to "Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did." Without Jesus, our souls are dead. Phrases such as ‘be a man’ or ‘man up’ can even be spoken to or about women. "Sir," the woman said, "you must be a prophet." The Samaritan woman Jesus met faced prejudice from her own community. To fully grasp the story of the woman at the well, it's important to understand who the Samaritans were--a mixed-race people, who had intermarried with the Assyrians centuries before. In this video, Dr. Brant Pitre discusses Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well. Note also that she was alone, a fact that will have meaning as we learn more about her. Jesus answered, "I who speak to you am he." In Truth and Charity: The woman at the well This Sunday, the Third Sunday of Lent, we will hear in the Gospel the story of the encounter and conversation of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! One of the encounters is between Jesus and a Samaritan woman, who is often referred to as the woman at the well. The evening star brings home The Samaritan’s play on ‘bigger’ anticipates the play on the meaning of ‘man’ that follows. (Cornell, 1995) and is currently an independent researcher and writer living in New York City. John 4:41-42 concludes, "And many more believed because of his word. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. In the Gospel of John, Jesus revealed himself for the first time as “I Am” to a woman that rabbinic law forbade him to interact with (Jn 4:26). Categories: Bible, General, Scripture, Textual Interpretation, Tags: Christianity, female spirituality, Gospel of John, John 4:16-19, John 4:7-29, lesbian spirituality, Samaritan woman, Sappho, Stuart Dean, woman at the well. Such associations could lead to exaggeration and ridicule: Sappho was characterized by some Romans at the time of Jesus as having been a slut who had a hundred lovers. I have been one of those bad girls. For example, when the Samaritan asks Jesus if he is ‘bigger’- at John 4:12 -it would seem she wants that word to be taken in any number of ways. The story in the Gospel of John of the encounter Jesus has with a Samaritan woman (hereafter, ‘the Samaritan’) at Jacob’s well (4:7-29) has attracted considerable scholarly attention. They had posted the score that Jesus was ahead, turning him and John into rivals in the eyes of the people. She ran to communicate with the townspeople, and she started with them where they were. And, third, he asked her to get him a drink of water, although using her cup or jar would have made him ceremonially unclean. Other aspects of the story suggest John intended to portray the Samaritan as a lesbian. Remember also that Sappho was a true mom with a daughter she loved dearly named Cleis. The “woman at the well” is a Samaritan, and Samaritans have their own distinct religion—a corruption of the Jewish faith. The Woman at the Well John 4:1-42. Jesus stayed two days, teaching the Samaritan people about the Kingdom of God. Jesus' behavior shocked the woman at the well. Second, she was a Samaritan woman, and the Jews traditionally despised Samaritans. Thank you for your post. Just as the Samaritan woman was looking to men to satisfy her soul, we also look to things outside of Christ to give our hearts meaning and purpose . Jesus alone is the Living Water that fills our void. But look deeper, and you'll realize it reveals a great deal about Jesus' character. 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