Cheryl Schatz

I found the reference to the anaphoric that Dr. White was referencing. It is on pages 217-220 of Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics an Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament by Daniel B. Wallace.

It says:

The anaphoric article is the article denoting previous reference. (It derives its name from the Greek verb…”to bring back, to bring up.”) The first mention of the substantive is usually anarthrous because it is merely being introduced. But subsequent mentions of it use the article, for the article is now pointing back to the substantive previously mentioned. The anaphoric article has, by nature, then, a pointing force to it, reminding the reader of who or what was mentioned previously. It is the most common use of the article and the easiest usage to identify…Practically speaking, labeling an article as anaphoric requires that it have (sic) been introduced at most in the same book, preferably in a context not too far removed.

Dr. Wallace then uses John 4:9 (the Samaritan woman) as a reference back to the anarthrous woman from v 7 and says:

…the article is anaphoric, merely pointing out the fact that the woman mentioned earlier is still under discussion…

So Dr. Wallace agrees with Marg @18 that the Samaritan woman in John 4:9 is anaphoric referring back to the anarthrous woman in verse 7.