Early Christians in Ephesus from Paul to Ignatius

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ISBN: 9780802807694

ISBN-10: 0802807690

ISBN-13: 9780802807694

Edition: 2007

Authors: Paul Trebilco

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The capital city of the province of Asia in the first century CE, Ephesus played a key role in the development of early Christianity. In this book Paul Trebilco examines the early Christians from Paul to Ignatius, seen in the context of our knowledge of the city as a whole. Drawing on Paul's letters and the Acts of the Apostles, Trebilco looks at the foundations of the church, both before and during the Pauline mission. He shows that in the period from around 80 to 100 CE there were a number of different communities in Ephesus that regarded themselves as Christians ? the Pauline and Johannine groups, Nicolaitans, and others ? testifying to the diversity of that time and place. Including…

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List price: $86.50
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Publication date: 10/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 850
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.89" tall
Weight: 2.794
Language: English




The significance of the early Christians in Ephesus



Recent Research on the early Christians in Ephesus



The aims of this book



Which New Testament documents are connected with Ephesus?



What makes a group a group?



The Context



The City of Ephesus



Artemis of Ephesus



The Imperial Cult in Ephesus



The Jewish Community in Ephesus



Overall Conclusions



Beginnings in Ephesus



Paul in Ephesus: the evidence of his letters



Corinthians



Corinthians



Was Paul Imprisoned in Ephesus?



Do any of Paul's other letters provide evidence for his time in Ephesus?



The significance of house churches



Overall Conclusions



Acts and the early Christians in Ephesus: Beginnings and Success



The value of the evidence provided by Acts



Unknown founders of the Christian community in Ephesus?



Paul, Priscilla and Aquila arrive in Ephesus and Priscilla and Aquila's activity in the city (Acts 18:18-21,26)



Apollos in Ephesus (Acts 18:24-8)



Jewish Christians in Ephesus prior to Paul



Paul's first converts in Ephesus - the Ephesian Twelve (19:1-7)



The success of Paul's work in Ephesus



Overall Conclusions



Acts and the early Christians in Ephesus: Endings and Departure



The riot in Ephesus (Acts 19:23-40)



Events subsequent to the riot



The Miletus speech (Acts 20:17-35)



Overall Conclusions



The Pastoral Epistles, Revelation and the Johannine Letters



What do the Pastoral Epistles tell us about the early Christians in Ephesus?



Authorship



Date



Place of Origin



Was Ephesus the intended destination of 1 and 2 Tim?



The "opponents"



Overall Conclusions



What do the Johannine Letters tell us about the early Christians in Ephesus?



Why John's Gospel cannot be used here



That John was written from Ephesus



That the Johannine Letters were written from Ephesus



Date of John's Gospel and of the Johannine Letters



The situation of the community at the time 1 Jn was written, and the opponents



Cerinthus



Overall Conclusions



Revelation 2:1-7: The Proclamation to the Church in Ephesus and the Nicolaitans



Introductory questions



The proclamation to Ephesus (Rev 2:1-7)



The Nicolaitans



Who are John's addressees in Revelation?



What does Revelation tell us about the Christians in Ephesus addressed by John: Were they facing a crisis?



Overall Conclusions



The relationships between the readers of the Pastorals, the Johannine Letters and Revelation



The wider culture and the readers of the Pastorals, the Johannine Letters and Revelation; Acculturation, Assimilation and Accommodation



Introduction



The Pastoral Epistles



The Johannine Letters



Revelation



Overall Conclusions



Material Possessions and the readers of the Pastorals, the Johannine Letters and Revelation



Material Possessions and the Pastoral Epistles



Material possessions and the Johannine Letters



Material Possessions and the Christians in Ephesus according to Revelation



Overall Conclusions



Leadership and Authority and the readers of the Pastoral Epistles, the Johannine Letters and Revelation



Leadership and authority in the Pastorals



Leadership and authority in the Johannine Letters



Leadership and Authority in Revelation, particularly among the addressees at Ephesus as this is reflected in Rev 2:1-7



Overall conclusions



The role of women among the readers of the Pastoral Epistles, the Johannine Letters and Revelation



The Pastoral Epistles



The Johannine Letters



Women in Revelation



Overall Conclusions



What shall we call each other? The issue of self-designation in the Pastoral Epistles, the Johannine Letters and Revelation



Introduction



The name "Christian"



Insider terms designating members of the group in the Pastoral Epistles



Insider terms designating members of the group in the Johannine Letters



Insider terms designating members of the group in Revelation



Overall Conclusions



The Relationships between traditions and communities in Ephesus



Introduction



The relationship between the readers of the Pastorals and the Johannine letters



Influences on Revelation



Overall Conclusions



Ignatius' Letter to Ephesus



Who are the addressees of Ignatius' letter to Ephesus?



Introductory matters



The leadership of the Christians in Ephesus



To whom is Ignatius of Antioch writing in his letter to Ephesus?



Overall Conclusions



Ignatius and additional facets of the life of the Christians in Ephesus



The significance of "the church" of Ephesus



"Opponents"



Other matters relating to the life of the Christians in Ephesus



Overall Conclusions



Conclusions