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Jesus Met the Woman at the Well, a gospel song dating from 1949 or before (earliest known recording by The Fairfield Four) Lift Him Up That's All, a gospel song dating from 1927 or before (earliest known recording by Washington Phillips) The Woman of Samaria, a sacred cantata of 1867 by the English classical composer William Sterndale Bennett
Map of Samaria by J.G. Bartholomew in 1894 book by George Adam Smith. According to the Hebrew Bible, the Hebrew name "Shomron" (Hebrew: שֹׁומְרוֹן) is derived from the individual (or clan) Shemer (Hebrew: שֶׁמֶר), from whom King Omri (ruled 880s–870s BCE) purchased the hill on which he built his new capital city of Shomron.
The inscriptions revealed 55 different names of men and women, with 35 being Hebrew, 13 Greek, and others identified as Arab, Palmyrene, Persian, or unknown. [65] Analysis of the Hebrew names shows that many are known from the Hebrew Bible and the Jewish name onomasticon of the Second Temple period . [ 65 ]
Several commentators have noted the openness of Jesus' self-revelation to the Samaritan woman, in contrast to his more reserved communication with the Jews: to the Jews "the Messiah was a conquering king, who would help them to ride on the necks of their enemies, and pay back their persecutions and oppressions" and therefore Jesus' claim to be ...
Samaria (Hebrew: שֹׁמְרוֹן Šōmrōn; Akkadian: 𒊓𒈨𒊑𒈾 Samerina; Greek: Σαμάρεια Samareia; Arabic: السامرة as-Sāmira) was the capital city of the Kingdom of Israel between c. 880 BCE and c. 720 BCE. [1] [2] It is the namesake of Samaria, a historical region bounded by Judea to the south and by Galilee to the
It explicitly relates to Cohen's Jewish roots, echoing the words of the Unetanneh Tokef prayer. [1] [2] In synagogues, the prayer is recited during the High Holy Days. [3] The song was written after Cohen's improvised concerts for Israeli soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula during the Yom Kippur War. [4] The song is sung as a duet with Jewish ...
Four decades after his brutal murder spree, "Son of Sam" serial killer David Berkowitz claims he's a changed man -- one who has found Jesus and considers himself a born-again Christian.
From the beginning, Jewish women disciples, including Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna, and Salome had accompanied Jesus during his ministry and supported him out of their private means. [8] [9] Kenneth E. Bailey [10] spent 40 years as a Presbyterian professor of New Testament in Egypt, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Cyprus. He writes about Christianity ...