Water Matters: An Exegetical Study of the Johannine Presentation of Water Concerns and its Dynamics in Relation to the Notion of ‘Living Water’ (ὕδωρ ζῶν) in John 4:1-15. KU Leuven
Water motif is dominant in the Johannine presentation of the dialogue between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well in John 4:1-42. In the first section of this dialogue in Jn 4:1-15, which focuses on the notion of ‘living water’ (ὕδωρ ζῶν), the evangelist also presents some of the concrete concerns related to the accessibility of water. A closer examination of this text-unit will enable us to trace certain socio-cultural, ...