The Samaritan ‘brought him to an inn’: Revisiting πανδοχεῖον in Luke 10:34

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

Robert J. van Niekerk¹  Ernest van Eck¹ 

[1] Department of New Testament and Related Literature, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria;

关键词: inn;    Samaritan;    Roman-Egypt papyri;    LXX;    Greek writers;    hospitality;    travel in ancient world;   

DOI  :  10.4102/hts.v74i4.5195

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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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