David A. deSilva
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David W. Baker, John Byron,
Brenda B. Colijn, Wyndy Corbin Reuschling,
L. Daniel Hawk, Michael Reuschling,
Dale R. Stoffer, and JoAnn Ford Watson—
colleagues who have supported and sustained
me in so many ways during my tenure at
Ashland Theological Seminary
The Divine Artemis Sends Birthday Wishes
Musical Instruments in the Roman Period
The Jewish Community of Ephesus
The Third Horseman and Domitian’s Edict
The Staff of the Imperial Cult
Asia’s Shared Temple of the Augusti in Ephesus
In the Shade of the Basilica Stoa
Aelius Aristides on the Roman Imperial Economy
Christian Worship at the Turn of the First Century CE
Imperial Cult in the Games of Neapolis
The Assembly in Amyntas’s House
The Varieties of Christianity in Ephesus
Domitian’s Diminished Popularity and Ephesus’s Flavian Temple
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About A Week in the Life of EphesusAs the city of Ephesus prepares for a religious festival in honor of the emperor Domitian, a Christian landowner feels increasing pressure from the city’s leaders to participate. Can he perform his civic duties and remain faithful to his Lord? Or has the time come for a costly choice? In this historical novel, biblical scholar David deSilva brings to life such compelling struggles faced by the early Christians. Their insistence on the absolute lordship of their own singular deity brought them into conflict not only with the myriad religious cults of the day, but with all the crushing power of the empire itself. Meticulously researched and supplemented by historical images and explanatory sidebars, A Week in the Life of Ephesus poses anew the timeless question of Christianity and empire. Here is a vividly imaginative portrait of the Roman empire in all its beauty and might—and hanging over it, the looming sky of apocalypse. |
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