New documents illustrating early Christianity. / edited by James R. Harrison and Bradley J. Bitner.

Other author Harrison, James R., 1952- editor, editor of compilation.
Other author Bitner, Bradley J., editor, editor of compilation.
Format Book
PublicationAtlanta : SBL Press, [2024]
Copyright Date©2024
Descriptionxxviii, 405 ; 23 cm
Subjects
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. --Sources.
Inscriptions--Turkey. --Ephesus (Extinct city).
Ephesus (Extinct city)--Church history.
Ephesus (Extinct city)--Social life and customs.

Contents Introduction. Ephesus in documentary perspective / James R. Harrison -- Translation and commentaries. The gods. The inviolate temenos of Artemis / Bradley J. Bitner -- The fruitfulness of Demeter and the fruitfulness of believers / James R. Harrison -- The blessings of Harmonia : a happy married life / James R. Harrison -- Epiphanic protocols and the Pastoral Epistles / Bradley J. Bitner -- Androklos, the founder of Ephesus. Androklos, founder of Ephesus / James R. Harrison -- Rome and its rulers. Long live Rome! / James R. Harrison -- Hadrian coenthroned with Dionysos : perspectives from Ephesians and Revelation / James R. Harrison -- The economic conflagration of the sacred cult and early Christian preservation of sacred funds / Isaac T. Soon -- The Ephesian elites. Noble and well born / Bradley J. Bitner -- An incomparable secretary : Acts 19:35 in perspective / James R. Harrison -- Pontius Pilate and the Ephesian "friends of Caesar" / James R. Harrison -- Julius the Jewish archiatros : on being the "chief physician" of Ephesus / James R. Harrison -- "Ambassador in chains" (Eph 6:20) : what might Ephesian auditors have heard? / James R. Harrison.
Contents The centrality of honor and its disruption. "They love to have the place of honor" : Ephesian priority seating and early Christian honorific culture / Isaac T. Soon -- A seafarer's reward : the imperial allocation of honor at Ephesus / James R. Harrison -- Honoring the concord of the Ephesian demos / James R. Harrison -- Dishonoring the honored : the problem of recycling public monuments / James R. Harrison -- The problem of invidia at Ephesus : handling big egos at the big end of town / James R. Harrison -- Economic issues. Maintaining the market supply of wheat for Rome : Revelation 6:6 and 18:11-13 / James R. Harrison -- Getting a rise out of the Ephesian bakers / Bradley J. Bitner -- Building activity and local sites. The Kaystros River and the silting of the Ephesian harbor : how viable is William Ramsay's interpretation of Revelation 2:5? / James R. Harrison -- The "fullness" of Ephesians 1:23 and 3:19 / Phillip T. Ort.
Contents Graffiti. The Wall scribblers of terrace house 2, unit 6 / James R. Harrison -- The New Testament and the serious side of toilet humor / James R. Harrison -- Finding the right spot to take a leak / James R. Harrison.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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