Is the expression "The Samaritan is the Other by definition" born in sociology or in metaphysics?

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Giuseppe
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Is the expression "The Samaritan is the Other by definition" born in sociology or in metaphysics?

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If the expression is born in sociology, then it is a mere attempt to read modern public discourse on the migrants in "early writings": something as "also Jesus was a migrant", etc

But what if the same expression has been formulated in a metaphysical sense? The Samaritan, as totally "Other", would become eo ipso the Deus Alienus of Marcion.
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