The Ephesian elders come to Miletus: An Annaliste reading of Acts 20:15–18a

Verbum et Ecclesia

 
 
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Title The Ephesian elders come to Miletus: An Annaliste reading of Acts 20:15–18a
 
Creator Wilson, Mark
 
Subject New Testament Studies, Ancient History Ionia; Miletus; Didyma
Description In his recent study on Ionia, A. Greaves adopts an Annaliste approach following the pioneering work of Fernand Braudel. Greaves attempts to move beyond a text-based understanding of sites and events by also considering the related landscape and geographical data. This study adopts Greaves’ methodology in examining a text in Acts related to the Ionian cities of Ephesus and Miletus. Acts 20:15–18a records that Paul bypassed Ephesus, but later summoned the Ephesian elders to meet him in Miletus. This summons sets up one of Paul’s most important speeches and the only one in Acts delivered to a Christian audience. This study will examine the landscape and geography related to this stage of Paul’s third journey as well as the journey of the Ephesian elders to Miletus. It will also look at how recently published Bible atlases have incorrectly illustrated this segment of Paul’s journeys. An Annaliste reading will bring fresh insights into Paul’s travel habits and his decision making related to ministry as depicted in this pericope in Acts.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor None
Date 2013-09-09
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Historical Inquiry
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ve.v34i1.744
 
Source Verbum et Ecclesia; Vol 34, No 1 (2013); 9 pages 2074-7705 1609-9982
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Asia Minor, Turkey Roman Empire, Early Christianity —
Rights Copyright (c) 2013 Mark Wilson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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