The Samaritan ‘brought him to an inn’: Revisiting πανδοχεῖον in Luke 10:34
| Autor: | Ernest van Eck, Robert J. van Niekerk |
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| Jazyk: | Afrikaans<br />English |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, Vol 74, Iss 4, Pp e1-e11 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0259-9422 2072-8050 |
| DOI: | 10.4102/hts.v74i4.5195 |
| Popis: | This article traces the meaning of κατάλυμά and πανδοχεῖον in available Roman-Egypt papyri, the LXX, early-Jewish literature, and Greek writings to determine the meaning of πανδοχεῖον [inn] used in Luke 10:34. It is argued that a lexical study of κατάλυμά and πανδοχεῖον and available information on travel in the ancient world indicate that there is no evidence for the so-called non-commercial inns in the ancient world and that commercial inns and innkeepers, in principle, were all ‘bad’. In conclusion, the implications of this understanding of πανδοχεῖον and πανδοκεύς (Lk 10:34, 35) for the possible intended meaning of the parable are discussed, a conclusion that begs further research regarding the identity of the protagonist in the parable. |
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