Abstract:
The following work is a study of The Woman in the Community of the Beloved Disciple and her Dynamic Evangelizing Role from John 4, 1-43, taking into account the relevant cultural, socio-political, and religious issues of the times . The first chapter attempts to highlight the conditions of women in the context of the Mediterranean between 63 B.C. and 135 A.D. This was a period of great changes in every respect of human life. The relevance of this period is the fact that the woman on which this work focuses is situated in that historical period and that geographic area. In the second chapter, I deal with the fourth Gospel as a product of the community of the beloved disciple. Here, I attempt to uncover the history and the community trajectory, its conflicts, its struggles, and its victories. Within this context, I try to highlight the woman's participation in the Jesus' movement as well as the Christian missionary movement. The third chapter is a reflection of what is said about the women who appear in the fourth Gospel. It is obvious that the Gospel gives relevance to the role of women. The fourth chapter focuses on the hermeneutic theological study of John 4, 1-43 but it is not an exegetic study. Here, the emphasis is on the encounter between Jesus and the samaritan and its consequences. This text contains female hermeneutic liberation and poses questions about women and their socio-political, economic, and religious role in our times.
