Woman at the Well – Additional Resources

Further Reading:

Jo-Ann A. Brant, “Husband Hunting: Characterization and Narrative Art in the
Gospel of John,” Biblical Interpretation 4 (1996) 205-23

More challenging:

Harold. W. Attridge, “The Cubist Principle in Johannine Imagery: John and the
Reading of Images in Contemporary Platonism,” in Jörg Frey, Jan G. van der Watt,

Ruben Zimmermann, eds., with the collaboration of Gabi Kern, Imagery in the Gospel of John. Terms, Forms, Themes and Theology of Figurative Language (WUNT; Tübingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2006).

Stephen D. Moore, Poststructuralism and the New Testament (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1994), 43-62

Articles: (click to view)

• “Women and Wells in the Hebrew Bible”, by Julye Bidmead
• “Woman at the Well”, by James F. McGrath
• “Samaritan”, Encyclopedia Britannica
• “Wells in the Ancient World”, Bible History
• “Clueless preaching about the Samaritan woman misses the point”, by Christine Schenk

Art: (click to view)

• “Breton Women at the Well near Batz”, by Camille Corot, 1844
• “Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Wall”, 1420
• “Ivory Pyxis”, 5th or 6th Century

Videos: (click to view)

Jesus and “Photina” – A Samaritan Woman, Dr. Harold Attridge