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Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary | 1986 | Copyright

338. Hospitality

Abigail undoes husband’s unneighborliness with fare for David’s troops. [O.T.: I Samuel 25:23–27]
Abraham graciously receives and treats three wayfarers. [O.T.: Genesis 18:1–15]
Acestes Sicilian king; entertains Aeneas. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid ]
Alcandre Polybus’ wife; entertains Helen and Menelaus on their way home from Troy. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey ]
Bailley, Harry “Mr. Congeniality.” [Br. Lit.: Canterbury Tales ]
Boniface jovial innkeeper; name became generic for restaurateur. [Br. Drama: The Beaux’ Stratagem; Espy, 129]
fatted calf, the best calf killed for feast to celebrate return of prodigal son. [N.T.: Luke 15:13]
Gatsby, Jay character who serves nothing but the best to his guests. [Am. Lit.: The Great Gatsby ]
Glorious Appollers, the known for their cordiality and sociability. [Br. Lit.: Old Curiosity Shop ]
Julian the Hospitaler set up famed hospice for weary travelers. [Medieval Romance: Hall, 181]
Lot treated and feted two disguised angels. [O.T.: Genesis, 19:1–3]
Lycus by hospitably entertaining Hercules, earned his gratitude and military assistance. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 156]
oak symbol of graciousness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 176]
Phaeacians island people befriend and aid both Odysseus and the Argonauts. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 780]
Philemon and Baucis poor couple welcomes disguised gods refused by rich households. [Rom. Lit.: Metamorphoses ]

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hospitality

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

hospitality Welcoming a stranger or traveller was a fundamental courtesy in the ancient Near East (Gen. 18: 1–8). Grave consequences followed a violation of this custom (Judg. 8: 4–9). In the NT (Luke 7: 36–50) Simon, a Pharisee, is rebuked for his lack of appropriate care for his guests. Jesus expected his disciples to be offered hospitality when he sent them out on a mission (Mark 6: 10). Jesus' own regard for custom is by not upstaging his host: he heals only when asked (Mark 1: 30) and knows the rules of precedence (Luke 14: 8). He was sometimes offered private homes for teaching (Mark 1: 29–34).

The early Church expected its members to receive hospitality if they visited another town (Rom. 12: 13; 1 Pet. 4: 9; Acts 17: 7). Letters of commendation on behalf of travellers were exchanged amongst Church leaders (Rom. 16: 1–2; 3 John 5).

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hospitality

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

hos·pi·tal·i·ty / ˌhäspiˈtalitē/ • n. the friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers. • adj. denoting a suite or room in a hotel where visitors are entertained, typically at a convention: liquor flowed most freely in the hospitality suites of thirteen candidates. ∎ relating to or denoting the business of housing or entertaining visitors: the hospitality industry.

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