Some further context is that the Jews had a longstanding prejudice against the Samaritans, and it was customary for them not to engage with one another. Jesus asks the Samaritan woman to draw ...

The biblical narrative of Herod’s decision to butcher some 3,000 innocent children inspired Rennaissance and Baroque artists to produce hundreds of dramatic and powerful harrowing canvases of ...

Perhaps the most famous Samaritan is one who never existed—the “Good Samaritan” from a fictional story Jesus tells in the fifteenth chapter of the Gospel of Luke . But the Samaritans were ...

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This holiday season brings an extra reason to be joyful: A recent poll found that Americans’ belief in the existence of a “War on Christmas” has fallen dramatically since 2022, to 23%.

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Bezner is especially compelling when examining Jesus' solidarity with "ethnic outcasts," including Samaritans despised by Jews, and with aliens and exiles who arrive to new lands with nothing.

This holiday season brings an extra reason to be joyful: A recent poll found that Americans’ belief in the existence of a “War on Christmas” has fallen dramatically since 2022, to 23%.