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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Sychar
A Samaritan town near Jacob's well. Jesus sat there and talked with a woman who came to draw water. Tradition from the Crusader period put it at Shechem; most scholars now put it at 'Askar, at the foot of Mount Ebal about a mile from the well.
A Samaritan town near Jacob's well. Jesus sat there and talked with a woman who came to draw water. Tradition from the Crusader period put it at Shechem; most scholars now put it at 'Askar, at the foot of Mount Ebal about a mile from the well.
A Samaritan town near Jacob's well, where Jesus rested and spoke with a Samaritan woman in John 4. Early Christian tradition, from the Crusader period on, identified it with nearby Shechem, but most modern scholars instead locate it at 'Askar, a village at the base of Mount Ebal about a mile from the well; the well itself has been preserved and venerated continuously enough that its location, unlike many biblical sites, is not seriously disputed.
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