Tutku Travel Programs Endorsed by Biblical Archaeology Society TO THE END OF THE EARTH: PAUL’S JOURNEY TO SPAIN Tour Host: Dr. Mark Wilson September 15-29, 2019 FRANCE & SPAIN organized by To the End of the Earth: Paul’s Journey to Spain - France & Spain / September 15-29, 2019 Avignon, France To the End of the Earth: Paul’s Journey to Spain Mark Wilson, D.Litt. et Phil., Director, Asia Minor Research Center, Antalya, Turkey; Associate Professor Extraordinary of New Testament, Stellenbosch University
[email protected] Sep 18 Wed Vienne – Vaison-la-Romaine – Orange – Avignon Paul in Spain? At the close of his letter to the Romans he Drive to Vienne to see Gallo-Roman theatre, fine temple of Augustus and mentions twice his plan to visit Spain (15:24, 28). Pauline Livia, and Gallo-Roman pyramid; its first bishop was Crescens, a disciple of scholars note that there is a gap in the chronology of his life Paul; continue to Vaison-la-Romaine to see two main sites: At La Villasse, in the early 60s. At this time he might have visited Spain, for there are see the colonnaded paved street and shops; at Puymin the remains of strong church traditions indicating he did so. Clement and the Muratorian the Roman theater (heavily restored), a rich private domus and porticoed Canon as well as Chrysostom and Jerome assume that Paul fulfilled his sanctuary. Later drive to Orange to visit the UNESCO World Heritage intention. Paul’s journey by land would have taken him through southern Roman theater and triumphal Arch built during the reign of Augustus on Gaul along the Via Domitia.