THE CONVERSATION OF CHRIST WITH A SAMARYAN IN THE POEM OF F.N. GLINKA «MYSTERIOUS DROP»

В статье анализируются особенности новозаветного сюжета в поэме Ф.Н. Глинки «Таинственная капля», описывающего встречу и беседу Христа с самарянкой вблизи г. Сихарь, выявляется значение отличий авторской интерпретации от канонического толкования. The article analyzes the features of the New Testament plot in FN Glinka’s poem «The Mysterious Drop», which describes the meeting and conversation between Christ and the Samaritan woman.

Misi Yesus Ke Samaria: Analisis Yohanes 4:31-38

The conversation between Jesus and the Samaritan woman was one that provoked a reaction from the disciples. After the conversation, the disciples immediately responded to the attitude of Jesus serving the Samaritan woman. However, it must be understood that this conversation was the starting point for the emergence of mass conversions in Samaria. The simple approach adopted by Jesus has brought about a sincere conversion of ethnic Samaritans who are often considered pagan by Conservative Jews. Abstrak: Percakapan Yesus dengan perempuan Samaria merupakan salah satu dialog yang menimbulkan reaksi para murid. Pasca percakapan tersebut langsung menimbulkan responss cepat para murid atas sikap Yesus yang melayani perempuan Samaria. Namun perlu dipahami bahwa justru percakapan tersebut menjadi titik awal munculnya pertobatan massal di Samaria. Pendekatan sederhana yang dipakai oleh Yesus telah membawa pertobatan yang sungguh-sungguh dari etnis Samaria yang sering dianggap kafir oleh orang Yahudi Konservatif.

Hospitality at community wells: The life-giving waters of John 4:7–15

Jesus’s encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well is a paradigmatic text for the Church, showing new possibilities for how the Church can engage the world, specifically engagement through invitational conversation and acts of charity at modern-day community wells. A Place at the Table is a pay-what-you-can café in Raleigh, North Carolina. Patrons can pay the suggested price, less than the suggested price, redeem a token worth the cost of a meal, or pay by volunteering at the café. Patrons who are able to “pay it forward” can further support the mission by tipping or buying meal tokens for others. At this café, a space reminiscent of an ancient “community well,” thirsty travelers receive the life-giving waters of acceptance, connection, and sustenance. The custom of hospitality is a life-giving and transformational practice for the Church, a viable and tangible way to connect with its neighbor and draw all persons into the experience of God’s love.

A Hermeneutical Exploration of the Revelatory Text of John 4:1–42, in a Performative Key

This article makes a case for the use of music in biblical interpretation and theological method. It places the hermeneutical approach to Scripture developed by Sandra Schneiders from the work of Gadamer and Ricoeur into dialogue with theopoetical approaches to theological thought. Musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez’s method for analyzing musical meaning frames the analysis of an original piece of music, offered as a second naiveté, transformative interpretation of the Johannine narrative of the Samaritan woman in John 4:1–42.

“And the word became . . . gossip?” Unhinging the Samaritan woman in the age of #MeToo

This article examines the Samaritan woman’s speech in John 4. More specifically, this article employs a womanist hermeneutic of “unhinging” to argue that the Samaritan woman serves as an example for women who struggle with issues of testimonial authority in the midst of silence and shame at the hand of their communities. Thinking through the dynamic of the #MeToo movement and issues of power, testimonial authority, and trauma, this article interrogates the phrases dia ton logon (“because of the word”) and dia tēn sēn lalian (“because of your gossip”) to argue that, although the Samaritan woman possesses agency and voice with the power to engage Jesus in theological discussions, interpreters of her story still interrogate her for perceived sexual indiscretions to the point of her continued silence and shame in the history of interpretation. This article wrestles with both the Johannine author’s and the Samaritan community’s reducing her agency and voice to the point that readers live in ambiguity regarding her status. Concluding thoughts imagine what “living in ambiguity” looks like as a way to unhinge not only the Samaritan woman but contemporary African American church women from the experiences of silence and shaming in the age of #MeToo.

‘Beautiful in Calling to Life’

Through encountering the beautiful Jesus, Nicodemus grew slowly in his faith. Eventually, grace won him over completely, and he joined Joseph of Arimathea in giving the crucified Jesus a burial worthy of a king. Far from being a slow learner, the Samaritan woman at once let herself be changed by Jesus and, in the space of a few hours, became a missionary for him. In what seemed like a perfectly chance meeting, his grace and beauty worked on her very quickly. The encounter with the royal official in chapter 4 of John’s Gospel reports someone whose faith in the word of Jesus led not only to the healing at a distance of his beloved son but also to the creation of a community of believers.