The Global Paul:  A travel opportunity offered in partnership with Nida Institute For Biblical Scholarshp at The American Bible Society.

A series of academically oriented journeys is planned with lectures and discussions that will attempt to penetrate more deeply the theology of Paul through visitation of the sites at which the apostle was present together with a more profound study of and interaction with the Graeco-Roman world in which he carried out his missionary and pastoral activities.

 

Pre-departure preparatory materials will be available and regional lectures - as possible - will be announced.

 

May 8-20, 2010
Journey 1. The Beginnings: Visit Damascus, Antioch, Southeastern Turkey And Beyond.

Accompanying this tour will be two well-known international Pauline scholars: Karl Donfried and Philip Towner. Dr. Donfried is Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Smith College and served as the McCarthy Professor at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome; Dr. Towner serves as Dean of the Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship at the American Bible Society.

 

See Damascus, Baalbeck, Antioch, Tarsus, Cappadocia, Derbe, Lystra, Psidian Antioch, Laodicea, Hierapolis, Aphrodisias, Perga, and Aspendos Cyprus

 

Extension: May 20-22 This academic tour goes to sites in Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Cyprus is intended primarily for faculty and graduate students, as well as for others with appropriate background and scholarly interest on a space available basis.

 

Itinerary  

 

 

 

Further information may be obtained either from Levent Oral at Tuktu Tours in Turkey (info@tutkutours.com) or Dr. Scott Elliott at Adrian College (selliott@adrian.edu).