I have immense pleasure to publish my doctoral thesis, named Why Are You Speaking with a Woman (Jn 4:27). I have tried to show the ecclesiological, missiological and christological sensibilities of the church of the Beloved Disciple and its relationship with other churches of apostolic origin. My suggestion is that the disciples who raise the unarticulated question in Jn 4:27 represent the Petrine churches and the woman represent the church of the Beloved Disciple. Why did they question Jesus' behavior? Why did Jesus choose to make a mission in Samaria? The answer to these questions is given...