Hospitality

Banev, K.

Abstract

The term “hospitality” often translates the Greek φιλοξενία/philoxenia for which a more faithful but less handy rendition would be the “loving care shown to strangers.” The concept is closely related to that of φιλανθρωπία/philanthropia – the “love for fellow human beings.” In ancient Greece and Rome, these two terms defined the borders of the civilized world (Hiltbrunner, 1972; 1992; Chadwick, 1992; Constable, 2003). Odysseus elegantly expressed this distinction upon his return to Ithaca: Alas, to the land of what mort…

Citation

Banev, K. (2018). Hospitality. In D. G. Hunter, P. J. van Geest, & B. J. L. Peerbolte (Eds.), Brill encyclopedia of early Christianity online. Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/2589-7993_eeco_sim_00001634

• Online Publication Date: Oct 15, 2018
• Publication Date: Oct 15, 2018
• Deposit Date: Nov 4, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 15, 2020
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Book Title: Brill encyclopedia of early Christianity online.
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/2589-7993_eeco_sim_00001634
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1662446