Historical Continuity of Ancient and Modern Hospitality

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This paper compares the use of ancient and modern hospitality in the context of literary and modern practices of caring for a guest. The paper notes that, although the context of travel and hospitality were not as open and dignified as it is in a modern context, the use of familial or guest orientated hospitality in the ancient world is still ever-present today. Moreover, the paper concludes that the ideology of generosity to travelers is the continuous strain of thought that is every present in a humans "natural" ability to help those that need help while away from home

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"In ancient biblical times, the family unit was a major component for hospitality within the Judaic tribes, which made a manifest unit that was bound to be respectful to one another. This early interpretation of hospitality was often thought to have been exclusive to the tribes alone, yet there is a great deal of information that suggests there was more connection to the outer world than once thought. The primary suggestion that early tribes were isolationist is an absolute in historical studies that has been challenged due to the nature social interaction that must have occurred for human connectivity to occur. However, the majority of opinions on these ancient tribes appear to provide an insular perspective on hospitality, since the laws of the tribe may have appeared exclusive to the tribe alone. But in certain case, one can derive a certain modernity about tribal customs that deviated from this linear view:"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Dittmer, P 1997, 'Chapter 2: Hospitality Foundations I: Early Development of the Hospitality Industry', in Dimensions of the Hospitality Industry, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, pp. 33-77.
• Hobbs, T 2001, 'Hospitality in the First Testament and the 'Teleological Fallacy'', Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 3-30.
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