Tag: jews-vs-samaritans

Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary We know Jesus’ parable in Luke 10:25-37 as “the story of the Good Samaritan,” although the word “good” never appears in the text. In Jesus’ time, both Jews and Samaritans would regard the other as anything but “good.” In the US and elsewhere, the phrase “Good Samaritan”…