Jews and Samaritans

[tinytim]

How could a Jew tell a person was a Samaritan by just looking at them?
and vice versa.

In John 4, how did the woman at the well know Jesus was Jewish?

 

[El_Guero]

Probably the standard three.

Tribal attributes (Jesus did not look like a Samaritan - He did not look like family).
Clothing (Jesus' clothes did not look like Samaritan clothing).
Dialect (Jesus did not sound Samaritan).

IMO

 

[El_Guero]

Now for the verse visa - It might have been more difficult for a Jew to tell a samaritan from a Jew by tribal attributes.

Clothing designer that they did not share, yes. Dialect, yes. But the tribal attributes amongst the Jews probably varied greatly even then.