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

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...

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Published in:Hervormde teologiese studies Vol. 74; no. 4; pp. 1 - 11
Main Authors: Van Eck, Ernest, Van Niekerk, Robert J.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Pretoria AOSIS 2018
AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
Reformed Theological College of the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Pretoria and Society for Practical Theology in South Africa
Subjects:
1st century
2nd century
Bible
Greek writers
Hellenistic
hospitality
Identity
inn
Jewish literature
Jewish people
Libraries
LXX
Old Testament
Parables
Publishing
Religion
Roman-Egypt papyri
Samaritan
Theology
travel in ancient world
ISSN:0259-9422, 2072-8050, 2072-8050
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Summary: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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ISSN:0259-9422
2072-8050
2072-8050
DOI:10.4102/hts.v74i4.5195