Book Review: Josh Jipp on Divine Visitations and Hospitality to Strangers

Over behind the RBL pay wall is my review of Divine Visitations and Hospitality to Strangers in Luke-Acts: An Interpretation of the Malta Episode in Acts 28:1-10 by Joshua W. Jipp of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

In brief, Jipp’s thesis is that the Malta episode recorded in Acts 28:1–10 is best understood as a form of theoxeny, that is, an account of hospitality given to a god, which results in the establishment of kinship between the Maltese barbarians, on the one hand, and Paul and his God, on the other hand.

Very good for understanding ancient idea of hospitality!