Travels, Politics and Paul in the New Testament

Keywords: Apostle Paul, Displacement, Travel, Identity, Socialisation, Empire, Borders

Abstract

This contribution on biblical travels focuses on the NT and Paul in particular, both regarding the significance of travel as a physical movement of people but also in terms of the related politics. Related to ancient and Jewish contexts, the NT’s travel discourses unfold in relation to issues of identity, to socialisation and as displacement discourse within the Roman imperial context. In this regard, travels were co-constituted by maps and borders, then as much as today. NT travels and travel discourse had significant political implications for the past and continue to be invoked in modern, analogical discourses like migration.

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Author Biography

Jeremy Punt, Stellenbosch University
Professor, Department of Old and New Testament, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South-Africa
Published
2025-10-03
Section
Explorations in Theology and Justice: Environment, Migration and Freedom