April 19, 2017, 9:30-11:30 a.m. / Hospitality and the Old Testament / Jerome Creach, Robert C. Holland Professor of Old Testament, PTS

Although the Old Testament has no single word for "hospitality," the practice nonetheless represents one of the most important values for ancient Israel. Hospitality entailed welcoming, protecting, and feeding strangers who were in hostile environments. The Israelites were motivated toward hospitality in part because they remembered that they were once strangers in the land of Egypt (Deuteronomy 16:12). They traced their foundation as a people to their ancestor Abraham's offering of hospitality to strangers and God's reward for Abraham's faithfulness in this regard (Genesis 18).

Learn more here about this series of conversations on extending hospitality.

April 19, 2017, 9:30-11:30 a.m. / Hospitality and the Old Testament / Jerome Creach, Robert C. Holland Professor of Old Testament, PTS

Although the Old Testament has no single word for "hospitality," the practice nonetheless represents one of the most important values for ancient Israel. Hospitality entailed welcoming, protecting, and feeding strangers who were in hostile environments. The Israelites were motivated toward hospitality in part because they remembered that they were once strangers in the land of Egypt (Deuteronomy 16:12). They traced their foundation as a people to their ancestor Abraham's offering of hospitality to strangers and God's reward for Abraham's faithfulness in this regard (Genesis 18).

Learn more here about this series of conversations on extending hospitality.