- Ἔφεσος
- Ἔφεσος, ου, ἡ Ephesus (s. prec. entry; Hdt. et al.; oft. in ins; Joseph., SibOr; Ath. 17, 3), a seaport of Asia Minor in the plain of the Caÿster River. Famous for its temple of Artemis (s. Ἄρτεμις). The Christian congregation at Ephesus was either founded by Paul, or its numbers greatly increased by his ministry (GDuncan, St. Paul’s Ephesian Ministry 1929). Ac 18:19, 21, 24, 27 D; 19:1, 17, 26; 20:16f (on Ephesian setting of Paul’s speech Ac 20:17–38, s. DWatson, in Persuasive Artistry [GAKennedy Festschr.] ’91, 185–86, n. 3); 1 Cor 15:32; 16:8; subscr. v.l.; Eph 1:1 (here it is lacking in P46 Sin. B Marcion [who has instead: to the Laodiceans]; s. Harnack, SBBerlAk 1910, 696ff; JSchmid, D. Eph des Ap. Pls 1928; Goodsp., Probs. 171–73); 1 Ti 1:3; 2 Ti 1:18; 4:12; Rv 1:11 (the order Eph., Smyrna, Perg., Sardis also in an official ins, fr. Miletus [56–50 B.C.]: TWiegand, Milet Heft 2 [city hall] p. 101f); 2:1.—OBenndorf, Z. Ortskunde u. Stadtgesch. von Eph. 1905; LBürchner, Ephesos: Pauly-W. V 1905, 2773–822; Österr. Archäol. Institut: Forschungen in Ephesos Iff, 1906ff, preliminary reports in the ‘Jahreshefte’ 1922ff; JKeil, Ephesos2 1930; WRamsay, The Church in the Roman Empire before A.D. 170 1912, 135–39; JBakhuizenvdBrink, De oudchristelijke monumenten van Ephesus 1923; VSchultze, Altchr. Städte u. Landsch. II/2, 1926, 86–120; Dssm., D. Ausgrabungen in Eph. 1926: ThBl 6, 1927, 17–19, The Excav. in Eph.: Biblical Review 15, 1930, 332–46; RTonneau, E. au temps de S. Paul: RB 38, 1929, 5–34; 321–63; PAntoine, Dict. de la Bible, Suppl. II ’34, 1076–1104; FRienecker, Der Eph. (w. illustrated supplement) ’34; BA 8, ’45, 61–80; FMiltner, E., Stadt d. Artemis u. d. Joh. ’54; HKoester, Ephesos, Metropolis of Asia ’66; SFriesen, Bar 19, ’93, 24–37. S. Δημήτριος 2.—OEANE II 252–55. Die Inschriften von Ephesos, 8 vols. ’79–84. GHorsley, NovT 34, ’92, 105–68.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.