Ephesus: the theatre, the temple, and the silversmiths
The theatre, the cult, the officials called asiarchs and the silversmith trade in Acts 19 are all attested at Ephesus.
Підтверджено розкопкамиРозкопки1st century AD
The theatre where Acts sets the riot still stands, seating some 25,000. The temple of Artemis has been located and its scale confirmed. Inscriptions from the city name the asiarchs, mention the temple wardenship, and attest silver shrine-makers of Artemis as a trade.
…the whole city was filled with confusion… they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
- Знайдено
- Ephesus, Turkey, 1869 — John Turtle Wood and later Austrian excavations
- Зберігається
- In place; finds in the Ephesus Museum, British Museum and Vienna
- Мова
- Greek
- Як це дійшло до нас
- Розкопане або досі стоїть там, де його збудували.
Що вона показує
The setting is confirmed in detail; the riot itself is not independently recorded.
Як це використовують історики
Ephesus is one of the most extensively excavated Roman cities; none of this depends on the biblical text.
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Джерела
- Trebilco, The Early Christians in Ephesus from Paul to Ignatius (2004)
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