Religion in Ephesos reconsidered : archaeology of spaces, structures, and objects /

This volume reviews the current state of research on the most important Ephesian projects offering evidence for religious activity during the Roman period. The essays cover a wide range of materials and question traditional understandings of material culture in Ephesos.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schowalter, Daniel N., 1957- (Editor), Friesen, Steven J. (Editor), Ladstätter, Sabine (Editor), Thomas, Christine M. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Series:Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 177.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Daniel Schowalter
  • Part 1. Structures. The so-called imperial cult temple for Domitian in Ephesos / Sabine Ladstätter
  • The so-called Serapeion in Ephesos : first results of the building research / Thekla Schulz
  • Thekla in the cave of St. Paul at Ephesos / Renate Johanna Pillinger
  • Selected evidence of Christian residents in Late Antique Ephesos / Andreas Pülz
  • Part 2. Spaces. The upper Agora at Ephesos : an imperial forum? / Dirk Steuernagel
  • The Magnesian Gate of Ephesos / Alexander Sokolicek
  • Mortuary landscape and group identity in Roman Ephesos / Martin Steskal
  • Sacred space for Dionysos in Ephesos and the house of C. Fl. Furius Aptus / Hilke Thür
  • The Artemision in the Roman era : new results of research within the sanctuary of Artemis / Lilli Zabrana
  • Invisible 'Christians' in the Ephesian landscape : using geophysical surveys to de-center Paul / Christine M. Thomas
  • Part 3. Objects. Ruler cults and imperial cults at Ephesos : first century BCE to third century CE / François Kirbihler
  • Archaeological evidence for private worship and domestic religion in Terrace House 2 at Ephesos / Norbert Zimmermann
  • The meaning and use of terracotta figurines in the Terrace Houses in Ephesos / Elisabeth Rathmayr.