The Woman at the Well: Interpretation of John 4:1-42 in Retrospect and Prospect (Biblical Interpretation Series) - Hardcover

Day, Janeth Norfleete

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004124829 ISBN 13: 9789004124820

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2002

Synopsis

The theme of the book is that by integrating traditional historical methods of interpretation with more recent literary and sociological methods, it is possible to propose an alternative understanding of the character and role of the Samaritan woman in John 4.
The contents include a survey of the interpretive tradition concerning the Samaritan woman in the church's exegesis, in artistic renderings, and in literary compositions from the Patristic Period until the Modern Era. The book concludes with the author's alternative interpretation, which proposes a pious Samaritan woman vs. the traditional immoral one.
This book is useful as a model for a synthetic approach to biblical interpretation that utilizes both historical and more contemporary methods. Additionally, it demonstrates one possible avenue by which biblical and theological scholars can participate in interdisciplinary studies.

About this title

About the Author

Janeth Norfleete Day, Ph.D. (1999), Baylor University, Waco, Texas, M.Div. (1993), Beeson Divinity School, Birmingham, Alabama, is Associate Professor Emeritus. She has published "Jesus: The Source of Living Water" (Decision 40 ("May 1999") 31-35); "A Spiritual Theology for the Evangelical Church" in Theologyin the Service of the Church: Essays presented to Fisher H. Humphreys, Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2008;"Beeson 20: Faculty Reflections."  Journalof Beeson Divinity School, (2008): 24; and Daring to Speak for God, Parsons Porch, 2016.

Review

'That is what this volume does. It causes one to stop and ponder. It is clearly written and is to be commended for its inclusion of data from the arts as well as from the literary tradition.'
Charles H. Talbert, Journal of the NABPR.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 9004124829
• ISBN 13: 9789004124820
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 202