Entertaining Angels: Early Christian Hospitality in its Mediterranean Setting. By Andrew E. Arterbury
Hospitality to both friends and strangers played an important role in the life of ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern communities. Andrew Arterbury, Assistant Professor of Religion at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, here explores the theme of private hospitality offered to travellers and draws ou...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2007
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 678-681 |
| Review of: | Entertaining angels (Sheffield : Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2005) (Edwards, Ruth B.)
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| Summary: | Hospitality to both friends and strangers played an important role in the life of ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern communities. Andrew Arterbury, Assistant Professor of Religion at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, here explores the theme of private hospitality offered to travellers and draws out some implications for New Testament interpretation. The Introduction discusses previous scholarship and methodology. The next three chapters review, respectively, Greco-Roman, ancient Jewish, and early Christian hospitality to travellers (pp. 15–132). The author then focuses on hospitality in Luke's writings, especially Acts 10–11 (pp. 135–81), before drawing a summarizing ‘Conclusion’ (pp. 182–91). |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fll139 |