The capital city of the province of Asia in the first century CE Ephesusplayed a key role in the development of early Christianity. In this book PaulTrebilco ex... » 

The capital city of the province of Asia in the first century CE Ephesusplayed a key role in the development of early Christianity. In this book PaulTrebilco examines the early Christians from Paul to Ignatius seen in thecontext of our knowledge of the city as a whole. Drawing on Pauls letters andthe Acts of the Apostles Trebilco looks at the foundations of the church bothbefore and during the Pauline mission. He shows that in the period from around80 to 100 CE there were a number of different communities in Ephesus thatregarded themselves as Christians ? the Pauline and Johannine groupsNicolaitans and others ? testifying to the diversity of that time and place.Including further discussions on the Ephesus addresses of the apostle John andIgnatius this scholarly study of the early Ephesian Christians and theircommunity is without peer. «