The Unusual Conversation Between Jesus and the Woman at the Well

A narrative like this would have left an audience breathless. They would have caught all those social codes. So not only are all the observers of that episode kind of shocked, but audiences who are hearing the episode are shocked. And to learn as much as possible about gender codes in the Greco-Roman world would be really helpful because you see how much of a scandal it is that Jesus asks her for something and that Jesus initiates the conversation. Just really wild.