Rev. Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles is Professor of New Testament at Southern Methodist University. She received her B.A. from Stetson University, where she focused on both Philosophy and Russian Studies. She earned her M.Div. from Yale Divinity School and her Ph.D. in New Testament from Yale University.
Clark-Soles is the author of numerous books and essays, including Reading John for Dear Life: A Spiritual Walk with the Fourth Gospel (2016) and Death and the Afterlife in the New Testament (T&T Clark, 2006). She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Religion, Disability & Health, and is the New Testament editor of the new CEB Women's Bible. As an ordained American Baptist minister she has served in both parish and hospice settings.
For more information, go to jaimeclarksoles.com.
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To Build Coalitions, Follow the Example of the Samaritan Woman and Jesus
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I continue to be surprised and disappointed by ubiquitous interpretations of [the Samaritan woman] as a “whore” or “prostitute.” John is using symbolism — the woman represents Samaria, which, according to Jewish reckoning, worshipped the five foreign gods. Samaria was seen as being partially faithful to the covenant (“the one you have now is not your husband”). John depicts Jesus as the bridegroom. When the Samaritan woman joins Jesus, the symbolized, divided but related ethnic groups will stop fighting …”