The Early Christians in Ephesus from Paul to Ignatius

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ISBN: 9780802807694 | 0802807690
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Copyright: 10/17/2007

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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 further discussions on the Ephesus addresses of the apostle John and Ignatius, this scholarly study of the early Ephesian Christians and their community is without peer.

The significance of the early Christians in Ephesus	p. 1
Recent Research on the early Christians in Ephesus	p. 2
The aims of this book	p. 4
Which New Testament documents are connected with Ephesus?	p. 6
What makes a group a group?	p. 8
The Context	p. 11
The City of Ephesus	p. 11
Artemis of Ephesus	p. 19
The Imperial Cult in Ephesus	p. 30
The Jewish Community in Ephesus	p. 37
Overall Conclusions	p. 52
Beginnings in Ephesus
Paul in Ephesus: the evidence of his letters	p. 53
Corinthians	p. 54
Corinthians	p. 73
Was Paul Imprisoned in Ephesus?	p. 83
Do any of Paul's other letters provide evidence for his time in Ephesus?	p. 88
The significance of house churches	p. 94
Overall Conclusions	p. 99
Acts and the early Christians in Ephesus: Beginnings and Success	p. 104
The value of the evidence provided by Acts	p. 104
Unknown founders of the Christian community in Ephesus?	p. 107
Paul, Priscilla and Aquila arrive in Ephesus and Priscilla and Aquila's activity in the city (Acts 18:18-21,26)	p. 110
Apollos in Ephesus (Acts 18:24-8)	p. 115
Jewish Christians in Ephesus prior to Paul	p. 125
Paul's first converts in Ephesus - the Ephesian Twelve (19:1-7)	p. 127
The success of Paul's work in Ephesus	p. 134
Overall Conclusions	p. 152
Acts and the early Christians in Ephesus: Endings and Departure	p. 155
The riot in Ephesus (Acts 19:23-40)	p. 155
Events subsequent to the riot	p. 170
The Miletus speech (Acts 20:17-35)	p. 172
Overall Conclusions	p. 196
The Pastoral Epistles, Revelation and the Johannine Letters
What do the Pastoral Epistles tell us about the early Christians in Ephesus?	p. 197
Authorship	p. 197
Date	p. 202
Place of Origin	p. 205
Was Ephesus the intended destination of 1 and 2 Tim?	p. 206
The "opponents"	p. 209
Overall Conclusions	p. 235
What do the Johannine Letters tell us about the early Christians in Ephesus?	p. 237
Why John's Gospel cannot be used here	p. 237
That John was written from Ephesus	p. 241
That the Johannine Letters were written from Ephesus	p. 263
Date of John's Gospel and of the Johannine Letters	p. 272
The situation of the community at the time 1 Jn was written, and the opponents	p. 273
Cerinthus	p. 291
Overall Conclusions	p. 292
Revelation 2:1-7: The Proclamation to the Church in Ephesus and the Nicolaitans	p. 293
Introductory questions	p. 293
The proclamation to Ephesus (Rev 2:1-7)	p. 296
The Nicolaitans	p. 307
Who are John's addressees in Revelation?	p. 335
What does Revelation tell us about the Christians in Ephesus addressed by John: Were they facing a crisis?	p. 342
Overall Conclusions	p. 347
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	p. 351
Introduction	p. 351
The Pastoral Epistles	p. 354
The Johannine Letters	p. 384
Revelation	p. 393
Overall Conclusions	p. 402
Material Possessions and the readers of the Pastorals, the Johannine Letters and Revelation	p. 404
Material Possessions and the Pastoral Epistles	p. 404
Material possessions and the Johannine Letters	p. 422
Material Possessions and the Christians in Ephesus according to Revelation	p. 434
Overall Conclusions	p. 443
Leadership and Authority and the readers of the Pastoral Epistles, the Johannine Letters and Revelation	p. 446
Leadership and authority in the Pastorals	p. 447
Leadership and authority in the Johannine Letters	p. 473
Leadership and Authority in Revelation, particularly among the addressees at Ephesus as this is reflected in Rev 2:1-7	p. 490
Overall conclusions	p. 503
The role of women among the readers of the Pastoral Epistles, the Johannine Letters and Revelation	p. 507
The Pastoral Epistles	p. 507
The Johannine Letters	p. 528
Women in Revelation	p. 540
Overall Conclusions	p. 550
What shall we call each other? The issue of self-designation in the Pastoral Epistles, the Johannine Letters and Revelation	p. 553
Introduction	p. 553
The name "Christian"	p. 554
Insider terms designating members of the group in the Pastoral Epistles	p. 560
Insider terms designating members of the group in the Johannine Letters	p. 569
Insider terms designating members of the group in Revelation	p. 577
Overall Conclusions	p. 586
The Relationships between traditions and communities in Ephesus	p. 589
Introduction	p. 589
The relationship between the readers of the Pastorals and the Johannine letters	p. 589
Influences on Revelation	p. 614
Overall Conclusions	p. 626
Ignatius' Letter to Ephesus
Who are the addressees of Ignatius' letter to Ephesus?	p. 628
Introductory matters	p. 628
The leadership of the Christians in Ephesus	p. 639
To whom is Ignatius of Antioch writing in his letter to Ephesus?	p. 645
Overall Conclusions	p. 681
Ignatius and additional facets of the life of the Christians in Ephesus	p. 684
The significance of "the church" of Ephesus	p. 684
"Opponents"	p. 690
Other matters relating to the life of the Christians in Ephesus	p. 700
Overall Conclusions	p. 711
Conclusions	p. 712
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