Episode 8 – The Decapolis and the Evangelisation
In the footsteps of Scripture
In the eighth episode of the podcast In the footsteps of Scripture: a travel diary in Jordan between the Old and the New Testament, the group of pilgrims goes to Gadara and Gerasa, in northern Jordan. These cities belonged to the Decapolis, loyal to the Roman Empire and shaped by Hellenistic culture and were among the first places to receive the proclamation of the Gospel. “From the very beginning," Father Francesco Giosuè Voltaggio explains, "Jesus Christ and the Apostles did not only preach to the poor and the simple people; they also had to engage with the highest culture of their time.” This episode includes the testimony of pilgrim Pietro Marciani.
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The podcast is written and produced by Debora Donnini, with the collaboration of Father Francesco Giosuè Voltaggio, professor of Sacred Scripture at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum and the Studium Theologicum Galilaeae, and director in Jerusalem of the Domus Bethaniae.
Editorial supervision is provided by Fabio Colagrande and Benedetta Capelli. We thank the Neocatechumenal Way for allowing us to use some songs of Kiko Argüello, and Pierfelice Bernacchi for reading the biblical passages. - Podcast - Radio Vaticana - Vatican News
The podcast is written and produced by Debora Donnini, with the collaboration of Father Francesco Giosuè Voltaggio, professor of Sacred Scripture at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum and the Studium Theologicum Galilaeae, and director in Jerusalem of the Domus Bethaniae.
Editorial supervision is provided by Fabio Colagrande and Benedetta Capelli. We thank the Neocatechumenal Way for allowing us to use some songs of Kiko Argüello, and Pierfelice Bernacchi for reading the biblical passages. - Podcast - Radio Vaticana - Vatican News