Border-crossing and the Samaritan traveler : the crossing of borders in the parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10:25–37)
Date
2019
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Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust
Abstract
Border-crossing is a defining subject in the contemporary field of postcolonial studies. Situating the parable of the Good Samaritan within this landscape, the present study engages the dynamism of border-crossing in the popular parable of the Good Samaritan. While the parable of the Good Samaritan has been studied from varieties of methodologies and perspectives, the mechanics of border markings – within the fictionality of border space – has generally escaped this study. Using social identity theory in this direction, the work probes the dynamics of group border markings in the characterization of this story – and the significance of this border polemics in the mapping of Luke-Acts. Consequently, the paper offers fresh perspectives to this popular parable in the different negotiations of border markings and the polemics of otherness in this story.
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CITATION: Michael, M. 2019. Border-crossing and the Samaritan traveler : the crossing of borders in the parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10:25–37). Stellenbosch Theological Journal, 5(3):443-471, doi:10.17570/stj.2019.v5n3.a21.
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The original publication is available at https://ojs.reformedjournals.co.za/stj
Keywords
Good Samaritan (Parable), Bible. Luke, X, 25-37 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Citation
Michael, M. 2019. Border-crossing and the Samaritan traveler : the crossing of borders in the parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10:25–37). Stellenbosch Theological Journal, 5(3):443-471, doi:10.17570/stj.2019.v5n3.a21