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02-02-2006, 10:27 PM
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And who is my neighbour?
What did the writers of the NT mean when they talked about "your neighbour"? Most Christians I know know say that it means "everyone/anyone". E.g. the Contemporary English Version translates " Love your neighbor as yourself" as " love others as much as you love yourself."
But in Luke 10:36 Jesus asks: "Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?" If we stick with the "Christian" meaning then that sentence doesn't make any sense, right? So who is my neighbour? 
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02-02-2006, 10:27 PM
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Sorry, thought I was still in the Biblical criticism forum
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02-03-2006, 04:50 AM
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Using my infinite moderating powers, I shuffle this over to BC&H
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02-03-2006, 06:27 AM
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To me, the parable of the good Samaritan is one of the best parables in the gospels. But it must be understood completely within the context of 1st century Palestine. Remember that Jesus, a Jew, is telling this parable to a Jew. But the "hero" of the parable (the neighbor) is not a Jew, but rather a Samaritan. To put this in comparative terms, if the parable was a modern day one told by a Jew to other Jews, it would be called the parable of the good S.S. Officer. Imagine how Jews would react to such a thing today, making the hero of the story an S.S. officer!
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