Nnadiebube Journal of Religion, Culture and Society

Ethnicity often has a negative connotation. That is why it is often associated with nepotism. Yet, ethnicity can be a marker of identity. This is evident in the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well of Jacob. In this case, one comes to terms with the interplay between the Jewish and the Samaritan identity markers with all the history behind these terms. While it was one of the barriers to the interaction between Jesus and the woman, it was later transcended without being cancelled, through the woman's encounter of Jesus. The study shall employ historical critical method in analysing ethnicity as one factor in the constitution of identity capable of negative effects. The paper concludes by drawing attention to and applying key insights from Jesus' encounter with the woman at Jacob's well, to issues of Nigerian national integration and development.

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