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Ephesians and Artemis : the cult of the great goddess of Ephesus as the Epistle's context

Title
Ephesians and Artemis : the cult of the great goddess of Ephesus as the Epistle's context / Michael Immendörfer.
Author
Immendörfer, Michael, 1969-
Publication
Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2017]

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Description
xviii, 469 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Series Statement
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe, 0340-9570 ; 436
Uniform Title
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 436.
Alternative Title
Cult of the great goddess of Ephesus as the Epistle's context
Subjects
Note
  • Slightly revised version of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Trinity Saint David University of Wales, Lampeter, 2016.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-438) and indexes.
Contents
Preface -- List of tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Preliminary remarks -- Scope and aims -- An integrated view of three topic areas -- The letter to the ephesians -- Ancient ephesus -- The church in ephesus -- Objective -- Methodology -- Text Comparison -- New testament references to jewish scriptures -- New testament references to non-jewish texts -- Definitions and terminology -- Direct reference -- Indirect reference -- Criteria for determining analogies -- Outline -- The recipients of ephesians -- Ephesus and ephesians : the present discussion -- Monographs on ephesus : overview and comparison -- Studies that consult ephesians -- Studies that refer to ephesians -- Studies for which ephesians is not relevant -- The monographs' position on artemis and ephesians -- Commentaries on ephesians -- The designation of the letter -- The context of ephesus and artemis -- The reception of the monographs in the commentaries -- Summary -- Introductory questions regarding the recipients of ephesians -- Reception in the early church -- Statements of ephesians regarding its recipients -- Reasons for and against ephesian addressees -- The absence of ... in some Manuscripts -- The impersonal nature of the letter -- Summary -- The city of ephesus -- Sources -- The inscriptions of ephesus -- Numismatic sources -- Texts of ancient writers -- Material in non-written form -- The approach of this research to the sources -- Geography -- History -- The ionian city -- The hellenistic city -- The city of lysimachus -- Rise -- Golden age -- Demise -- The late byzantine city -- Archaeology -- The excavations of british explorers -- The excavations of the austrian archaeological institute -- Buildings of special interest in the roman period -- Upper city -- Curetes street -- Harbour, commercial and entertainment districts -- Religions, magic and imperial cult -- Religions in ephesus -- Magic and ... -- Imperial cult -- Summary -- Artemis ephesia -- The temple of artemis -- History of the artemision -- Temples A-C and hekatompedos -- The temple of croesus -- The younger artemision -- The altar of the artemision -- Other functions of the artemision -- Asylum -- Bank -- Administration of land -- Mint -- The goddess -- Origin -- Cult figure -- Origin -- Appearance -- Conclusion -- The honorific titles and (divine) attributes of artemis -- Titles in honour of artemis -- Artemis' care for adherents' needs -- The great name of artemis -- Arrows as the main weapon of artemis -- The bond between artemis and the city of ephesus -- Ephesus as the ... of artemis -- Further inscriptional evidence -- The cult of artemis -- Processions -- Festivals -- The mysteries of artemis : ephesus' most important festival -- Summary -- Ephesians in the light of artemis -- Analogies in terms of the temple of artemis -- Building of the temple -- Building terminology -- Temple and temple building terminology -- Summary -- The use of ... -- Sacrifices -- Wealth and inheritance -- Wealth -- Inheritance -- Analogies in terms of the goddess -- Honorific titles and divine attributes -- Linguistic similarities -- Analogies to ... -- Taking care of needs -- Thanksgiving -- Armour -- Arrows -- Protection -- Greatest name -- Citizenship, covenant and exclusion -- Citizenship -- Covenant -- Exclusion -- Excursus : the dividing wall of hostility -- The concept of a glorious church, city -- The concept of nurturing -- Fruit, fertility -- Identity -- Analogies in terms of the cult of artemis -- Light and darkness, life and death -- Light and darkness terminology in ephesians -- The use of quotations in ephesians -- Ascent and descent in ephesians 4:8-10 -- The quotation in ephesians 5:14 -- Comparison with the cult of artemis -- Purification -- Mystery -- Singing praises -- Wine and debauchery -- Excursus : the cult of artemis in other new testament books -- Luke's narrative of demetrius' riot in acts 19:23-41 -- Paul's fight with wild beasts in 1 corinthians 15:32 -- Summary -- Evaluation -- A Body of knowledge shared by author and readers -- How well did readers in ephesus know the cult of artemis? -- How well did paul know the cult of artemis? -- Summary -- The extent and clarity of the artemis analogies in ephesians -- Missing cultic elements in ephesians -- Similarities with regard to language and content -- The cultic inscriptions in comparison to ephesians -- Coverage of the cult of artemis in ephesians -- Summary -- Dissimilarity of ephesians to colossians and the pauline corpus -- The hapax legomena of ephesians -- Ephesians, colossians and the inscriptions of ephesus -- Conclusion -- Ephesians as a teaching letter to former adherents of artemis -- Ephesians has a specific life-setting -- Ephesians is addressed to former adherents of artemis -- Ephesians is a contextualised letter -- Ephesians is an authentic letter -- Ephesians as a source for the development of the early church in ephesus -- Overall conclusion -- Appendixes -- The hapax legomena of ephesians -- Common words of ephesians and the inscriptions of ephesus -- Literary testimonies to artemis, her cult figure and temple -- Artemis and the inscriptions of ephesus -- Maps -- Ephesus in ancient and modern times -- Bibliography -- Index of references -- Index of modern authors -- Index of subjects and places.
Call Number
JFE 17-8503
ISBN
  • 9783161552649
  • 3161552644
OCLC
1001304615
Author
Immendörfer, Michael, 1969- author.
Title
Ephesians and Artemis : the cult of the great goddess of Ephesus as the Epistle's context / Michael Immendörfer.
Publisher
Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2017]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe, 0340-9570 ; 436
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 436.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-438) and indexes.
Research Call Number
JFE 17-8503
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