St. Paul's Ephesus

Jerome Murphy-O'Connor (1935-2013), was one of the world's foremost authorities on the writings of Saint Paul of Tarsus. He had been a professor of New Testament at the École Biblique of Jerusalem since 1967. He was the author of numerous works, including St. Paul's Ephesus, St. Paul's Corinth, and Paul the Letter-Writer, all published by Liturgical Press.

This is a real must-have work for the student of the New Testament. The amount of material collected and made available is invaluable. For anyone preaching through the Book of Ephesians, the Book of Acts, or the life of Paul, this volume will be a resource of exceptional value.The Master’s Seminary Journal

• ContentsForeword xiiiAcknowledgments   xviiList of Illustrations   xxiPART 1: The Ancient TextsHistoriansStrabo Introduces Ephesus   5Marseilles, Daughter of Ephesus   5Ephesus Founded by Amazons   7Athens Colonizes Ionia   9The Site of the First Settlement   9The Name of Artemis   14Wine Good and Bad   14Ephesus, Birthplace of Artemis and Apollo   15A Moving History   17The Temple of Artemis   20The Right of Asylum   24The Harbors of Ephesus   26Fishy Business in Ephesus   27Worthies of Ephesus   29North of Ephesus   31Ephesus Passes into the Hands of Rome   33South of Ephesus   35The Road System around Ephesus   36Appian   38Hannibal in Ephesus   38A Witticism of Hannibal   38Ephesians Act against Rome   39Ephesians Kill Italians   41Ephesians Murder Zenobius   41Ephesus Punished by Sulla   42Pompey Departs from Ephesus   43Mark Antony at Ephesus   43The Excesses of Mark Antony   45Athenaeus   47The Foundation of Ephesus   47Temple Museum   49Seafood from Ephesus   49Luxury Goods   50Magic Spells   51Caesar   52Robbing the Bank   52Cicero   54Ephesus, the Gateway to Asia   54Runaway Slaves   57Another Hannibal Story   59Dio Cassius   61Mark Antony Violates the Temple of Artemis   61Ephesus Honored   61Cheap Glory   62Astrologer Honored   63Dio Chrysostom   64The Bank of Asia   64Herodotus   67Artemis Protects Ephesus   67Rich as Croesus   69Greek Dialects   69The Royal Road from Ephesus to Persia   71A Harbor and Houses   72A Tragic Error   73Ignatius of Antioch   74A Letter to Ephesus   74Flavius Josephus   78Exemption from Military Service   78A Bizarre Report   79Exemption from Military Service Extended   80An Ephesian Decree   80Security of the Temple Tax   81Agrippa and Herod in Ephesus   83Rome Again Confirms Its Laws   84Medicine in Ephesus   84Livy   86The Temple of Artemis   86Seleucid Control of Ephesus   87The Harbor of Ephesus   88Asia after Antiochus   90Luke   92Riot of the Silversmiths   92Pausanias   96Home Is Best   96The Foundation of Ephesus   97Hellenistic Ephesus   100The Temple of Artemis   100Pliny the Elder   104The Site of Ephesus   104Law at Ephesus   105Staircase in the Temple of Artemis   106Timber in the Temple of Artemis   107Artists and Ephesus   108The Five Amazons   113The Temple of Artemis   116Pliny the Younger    120Travel North of Ephesus   120An Appeal to Caesar   122Plutarch   123A Moral Lesson   123Lysander at Ephesus   123Asylum in Ephesus   125Sulla Punishes Asia   125A Swift Crossing   126Buying Favors   126Antony Taxes Ephesus   127Preparations for War   128Weird Stories   129Seneca   130The Population of Ephesus 130Immigrants to Ephesus   131Tacitus   134A Rival to the Temple of Artemis   134The Right of Asylum at Ephesus   135   Emperor Worship   137Vitruvius   139The Foundation of Ionia   139Height and Width in Columns   140Books on the Temple of Artemis   141Architects of the Temple of Artemis   141Interior Decorating  142Vermilion   142Architects’ Fees   143Moving Marble for the Temple of Artemis   143Poets and NovelistsAchilles Tatius   149Leucippe Seeks the Protection of Artemis   150Clitophon Claims Asylum   150The Test of Virginity   150The Meaning of Asylum   151Rescue at Sea   152Acts of John   154The Temple of Artemis   155Acts of Paul   156The Description of Paul   156The Baptized Lion   157The Feminist Lioness   158Antipater of Sidon   160Wonders of the World   160Callimachus   166Hymn to Artemis   166Philostratus   168Public Baths   168In the Temple of Artemis   169Plague in Ephesus   170In Praise of Ephesus   171The Death of Domitian   172An Emperor Stimulates the Economy   173A Covered Road to the Artemision   173Holidays in Ephesus   175Xenophon of Ephesus   177The Procession of Artemis   177Visit to an Oracle   179Part 2Chapter One: The Center of Ephesus in 50 c.e.   183Paul in Jerusalem   183A Quick Visit to Ephesus   186A Walk with Paul through Ephesus   187The State Agora   188The Terrace Houses   192The Square Agora and the Theatre   197Chapter Two: Paul’s Ministry in Ephesus   201Paul’s Years in Ephesus   201Hearing about Apollos   202Johannite Disciples of Jesus   205Separation from the Synagogue   207Other Episodes   209Missionary Expansion in Asia   210Crisis in Galatia   212Communications with Philippi   217Imprisonment   220The Third Letter to Philippi   221Trouble in the Church at Ephesus   222Letters to the Lycus Valley   225Letters to Laodicea and Ephesus?   231A Free Man Again   233Consternation Caused by Corinth   235Ephesus Much Later   243Notes   246Bibliography   262 Subject Index   269Classical Author Index   280New Testament Index   286