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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.
Jacob's Well is a 15th-century collection of 95 sermons in Middle English. The sermons were delivered on consecutive days "in some kind of homiletic marathon" and the written form reflects the spoken word, with remarks like "the other day I told you".
[1] [9] At the time, the linen produced in Nablus was well known throughout the Old World. [10] The city was captured by Crusaders in 1099, under the command of Prince Tancred, and renamed Naples. [7] In 1120, the Crusaders convened the Council of Nablus out of which was issued the first written laws for the kingdom. [7]
Jacob's Well, or the Well of Sychar, a well mentioned in the New Testament and located in the West Bank; Jacob's Well, Bristol, an early mediaeval structure in England that is thought to be a Jewish ritual bath; Jacobs Well, York, a historic building in York, in England
A spring is the "eye of the landscape", the natural burst of living water, flowing all year or drying up at certain seasons. In contrast to the "troubled waters" of wells and rivers (Jer. 2:18), there gushes forth from it "living water", to which Jesus compared the grace of the Holy Spirit (John 4:10; 7:38; compare Isaiah 12:3; 44:3).
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Some scholars believe the location of Sychar is at the foot of Mount Ebal, but other scholars disagree because the proposed location is 1 km (0.62 mi) from Jacob's Well, which they think is not close enough for the women of Sychar to have fetched their water there. Based on John 4:15, these scholars have argued that Shechem is the Samaritan ...
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