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Map of Asia Minor in the Roman Empire. Map of Asia Minor and the adjacent Mediterranean lands in Roman times. Asia was a term which in the books of the Maccabees actually means Asia Minor, which Antioch III (the Great) had to give up to the Roman province of Asia Proconsularis (formed after 133 B.C.), which embraced the regions of Mysia, Lydia, ...
Map: 'Arabia' in the Time of St. Paul (Galatians 1:17) (larger map) The narrative in Acts passes over an important period in Saul's development, his time in Arabia, which would have occurred between verses 25 and 26 of Acts 9.
25 kwi 2015 · First, it is helpful to know how in Paul's time, 'Arabia' referred to the Nabataen Kingdom centered in modern-day Jordan, extending to control Damascus in the north and the western tip of what we now call 'Saudi Arabia'.
It, along with the eastern region of the Pontus, was once again reestablished as a province by Trajan. Asia Minor, during the first three centuries, was subdivided into provinces: 1) Asiae; 2) Bithyniae et Pontus; 3) Galatiae; 4) Lyciae et Pamphyliae, which from 74 A.D. took on its definitive aspects.
9 mar 2023 · These reconstructed details give a glimpse of the apostle Paul’s time in Arabia. Learn more in Ben Witherington’s article “Paul of Arabia? The Apostle’s Early Adventures,” published in the Winter 2021 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, and his historical novella Paul of Arabia: The Hidden Years of the Apostle to the Gentiles (2020 ...
Travel in Asia Minor during the Roman period was ubiquitous. The apostle Paul is used as a heuristic model of the ideal ancient traveller. His first journey in provincial Galatia—geographical Pamphylia, Pisidia, and Phrygia—is examined, particularly.
Turkey, the second holy land. Follow the footsteps of St. Paul in Turkey and the Seven Churches of Asia Minor. A must pilgrimage for all the Christians and true believers.
