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Jacob's Well, 1912 The Greek Orthodox St. Photini Church at Bir Ya'qub in 2008 The dome of St. Photini Church at Bir Ya'qub (2008). Jacob's Well, [a] also known as Jacob's Fountain or the Well of Sychar, is a Christian holy site located in Balata village, a suburb of the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank.
The Water of Life Discourse between Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well by Angelika Kauffmann, 17th–18th century. The Samaritan woman at the well is a figure from the Gospel of John. John 4:4–42 relates her conversation with Jesus at Jacob's Well near the city of Sychar.
The New Testament mentions Samaria in Luke 17:11–2, [37] in the miraculous healing of the ten lepers, which took place on the border of Samaria and Galilee. John 4:1-26 [38] records Jesus' encounter at Jacob's Well with the woman of Sychar, in which he declares himself to be the
The references to Samaria, capital of the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), and to Teman suggest that Yahweh had a temple in Samaria, while raising questions about the relationship between Yahweh and Qos, the national god of Edom. [48] Such questions had previously been raised due to the Tanakh's apparent reluctance to name the deity.
Sychar: The encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4:4–26 takes place in Sychar in Samaria near Jacob's Well. [36] This is the location of the Water of Life Discourse in John 4:10–26. [37]
Joseph's Tomb (Hebrew: קבר יוסף, Qever Yosef; Arabic: قبر يوسف, Qabr Yūsuf) is a funerary monument located in Balata village at the eastern entrance to the valley that separates Mounts Gerizim and Ebal, 300 metres northwest of Jacob's Well, on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus. [1]
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Jacob's Well and Joseph's Tomb are both identified, and Nablus is stated as being the location of Biblical Shechem, in contrast to the modern identification with Tell Balata. Balata is a village on an ancient site, and it has ancient cisterns and canals. [14] In 1896, a Samaritan sarcophagus was found at the house of a local fellah. [15]