The Parable of the Good Samaritan
July 13, 2019
Alastair Roberts
The Parable of the Good Samaritan is much richer than many suppose. Paying attention to biblical echoes and parallels, both within and without the Lukan corpus, will alert us to much that we might otherwise have missed.
The Ian Paul article I mention can be read here: https://www.psephizo.com/biblical-studies/is-there-anything-new-to-say-about-the-good-samaritan/.
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