The Samaritan ‘brought him to an inn’: Revisiting πανδοχεῖον in Luke 10:34
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | The Samaritan ‘brought him to an inn’: Revisiting πανδοχεῖον in Luke 10:34 | |
| Creator | van Eck, Ernest van Niekerk, Robert J. | |
| Description | 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. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2018-11-14 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v74i4.5195 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 74, No 4 (2018); 11 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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