Daniel Schowalter, Th.D. (1989), Harvard University Divinity School, is Professor of Classics and Religion at Carthage College. He studies religions of the ancient Mediterranean world and has published volumes of collected essays on Ancient Corinth and Omrit in northern Israel.Sabine Ladstätter, Ph.D. (1997), University of Vienna, is Director of the Austrian Archaeological Institute and the Austrian excavations at Ephesos. She has published widely on the site of Ephesos including monographs, edited volumes, book chapters and journal articles. Steven Friesen, Ph.D. (1990) Harvard University, is the Louise Farmer Boyer Chair in Biblical Studies, Univ. of Texas at Austin. His publications include Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John (OUP, 2001) and Twice Neokoros (Brill, 2003). He researches ancient economic ideas and practices.Christine M. Thomas , Ph.D. (1995), Harvard University, is Cordano Endowed Chair in Catholic Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her publications include a catalogue of votive steles for the Ankara Museum, and numerous articles on ancient Ephesos. Contributors are: François Kirbihler, Sabine Ladstätter, Renate Johanna Pillinger, Andreas Pülz, Elisabeth Rathmayr, Thekla Schulz, Alexander Sokolicek, Martin Steskal, Dirk Steuernagel, Christine M. Thomas, Hilke Thür, Lilli Zabrana, Norbert Zimmerman.

• ContentsList of Plans and FiguresNotes on ContributorsGeneral PlansIntroductionPART 1: Structures1 The So-Called Imperial Cult Temple for Domitian in EphesosSabine Ladstätter2 The Architecture of the So-Called Serapeion in EphesosThekla Schulz3 Thekla in the Cave of St. Paul at EphesosRenate Johanna Pillinger4 Selected Evidence of Christian Residents in Late Antique EphesosAndreas PülzPart 2: Spaces5 The Upper Agora at Ephesos: an Imperial Forum?Dirk Steuernagel6 The Magnesian Gate of EphesosAlexander Sokolicek7 Mortuary Landscape and Group Identity in Roman EphesosMartin Steskal8 Sacred Space for Dionysos in Ephesos and the House of C. Fl. Furius AptusHilke Thür9 The Artemision in the Roman Era: New Results of Research within the Sanctuary of ArtemisLilli Zabrana10 Invisible ‘Christians’ in the Ephesian Landscape: Using Geophysical Surveys to De-Center PaulChristine M. ThomasPart 3: Objects11 Ruler Cults and Imperial Cults at Ephesos: First Century BCE to Third Century CEFrançois Kirbihler12 Archaeological Evidence for Private Worship and Domestic Religion in Terrace House 2 at EphesosNorbert Zimmermann13 The Meaning and Use of Terracotta Figurines in the Terrace Houses in EphesosElisabeth RathmayrBibliographyIndex

"[Der] reich bebilderte Band, [sei] allen, die sich für die religiöse (Um-)Welt der frühen Christinnen und Christen in Ephesos interessieren, nachdrücklich empfohlen." - Klaus-Michael Bull, Rostock, in: TLZ 146 (2021) 9

Daniel Schowalter, Th.D. (1989), Harvard University Divinity School, is Professor of Classics and Religion at Carthage College. He studies religions of the ancient Mediterranean world and has published volumes of collected essays on Ancient Corinth and Omrit in northern Israel.Sabine Ladstätter, Ph.D. (1997), University of Vienna, is Director of the Austrian Archaeological Institute and the Austrian excavations at Ephesos. She has published widely on the site of Ephesos including monographs, edited volumes, book chapters and journal articles. Steven Friesen, Ph.D. (1990) Harvard University, is the Louise Farmer Boyer Chair in Biblical Studies, Univ. of Texas at Austin. His publications include Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John (OUP, 2001) and Twice Neokoros (Brill, 2003). He researches ancient economic ideas and practices.Christine M. Thomas , Ph.D. (1995), Harvard University, is Cordano Endowed Chair in Catholic Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her publications include a catalogue of votive steles for the Ankara Museum, and numerous articles on ancient Ephesos. Contributors are: François Kirbihler, Sabine Ladstätter, Renate Johanna Pillinger, Andreas Pülz, Elisabeth Rathmayr, Thekla Schulz, Alexander Sokolicek, Martin Steskal, Dirk Steuernagel, Christine M. Thomas, Hilke Thür, Lilli Zabrana, Norbert Zimmerman.

• ContentsList of Plans and FiguresNotes on ContributorsGeneral PlansIntroductionPART 1: Structures1 The So-Called Imperial Cult Temple for Domitian in EphesosSabine Ladstätter2 The Architecture of the So-Called Serapeion in EphesosThekla Schulz3 Thekla in the Cave of St. Paul at EphesosRenate Johanna Pillinger4 Selected Evidence of Christian Residents in Late Antique EphesosAndreas PülzPart 2: Spaces5 The Upper Agora at Ephesos: an Imperial Forum?Dirk Steuernagel6 The Magnesian Gate of EphesosAlexander Sokolicek7 Mortuary Landscape and Group Identity in Roman EphesosMartin Steskal8 Sacred Space for Dionysos in Ephesos and the House of C. Fl. Furius AptusHilke Thür9 The Artemision in the Roman Era: New Results of Research within the Sanctuary of ArtemisLilli Zabrana10 Invisible ‘Christians’ in the Ephesian Landscape: Using Geophysical Surveys to De-Center PaulChristine M. ThomasPart 3: Objects11 Ruler Cults and Imperial Cults at Ephesos: First Century BCE to Third Century CEFrançois Kirbihler12 Archaeological Evidence for Private Worship and Domestic Religion in Terrace House 2 at EphesosNorbert Zimmermann13 The Meaning and Use of Terracotta Figurines in the Terrace Houses in EphesosElisabeth RathmayrBibliographyIndex

"[Der] reich bebilderte Band, [sei] allen, die sich für die religiöse (Um-)Welt der frühen Christinnen und Christen in Ephesos interessieren, nachdrücklich empfohlen." - Klaus-Michael Bull, Rostock, in: TLZ 146 (2021) 9

Daniel Schowalter, Th.D. (1989), Harvard University Divinity School, is Professor of Classics and Religion at Carthage College. He studies religions of the ancient Mediterranean world and has published volumes of collected essays on Ancient Corinth and Omrit in northern Israel.Sabine Ladstätter, Ph.D. (1997), University of Vienna, is Director of the Austrian Archaeological Institute and the Austrian excavations at Ephesos. She has published widely on the site of Ephesos including monographs, edited volumes, book chapters and journal articles. Steven Friesen, Ph.D. (1990) Harvard University, is the Louise Farmer Boyer Chair in Biblical Studies, Univ. of Texas at Austin. His publications include Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John (OUP, 2001) and Twice Neokoros (Brill, 2003). He researches ancient economic ideas and practices.Christine M. Thomas , Ph.D. (1995), Harvard University, is Cordano Endowed Chair in Catholic Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her publications include a catalogue of votive steles for the Ankara Museum, and numerous articles on ancient Ephesos. Contributors are: François Kirbihler, Sabine Ladstätter, Renate Johanna Pillinger, Andreas Pülz, Elisabeth Rathmayr, Thekla Schulz, Alexander Sokolicek, Martin Steskal, Dirk Steuernagel, Christine M. Thomas, Hilke Thür, Lilli Zabrana, Norbert Zimmerman.

• ContentsList of Plans and FiguresNotes on ContributorsGeneral PlansIntroductionPART 1: Structures1 The So-Called Imperial Cult Temple for Domitian in EphesosSabine Ladstätter2 The Architecture of the So-Called Serapeion in EphesosThekla Schulz3 Thekla in the Cave of St. Paul at EphesosRenate Johanna Pillinger4 Selected Evidence of Christian Residents in Late Antique EphesosAndreas PülzPart 2: Spaces5 The Upper Agora at Ephesos: an Imperial Forum?Dirk Steuernagel6 The Magnesian Gate of EphesosAlexander Sokolicek7 Mortuary Landscape and Group Identity in Roman EphesosMartin Steskal8 Sacred Space for Dionysos in Ephesos and the House of C. Fl. Furius AptusHilke Thür9 The Artemision in the Roman Era: New Results of Research within the Sanctuary of ArtemisLilli Zabrana10 Invisible ‘Christians’ in the Ephesian Landscape: Using Geophysical Surveys to De-Center PaulChristine M. ThomasPart 3: Objects11 Ruler Cults and Imperial Cults at Ephesos: First Century BCE to Third Century CEFrançois Kirbihler12 Archaeological Evidence for Private Worship and Domestic Religion in Terrace House 2 at EphesosNorbert Zimmermann13 The Meaning and Use of Terracotta Figurines in the Terrace Houses in EphesosElisabeth RathmayrBibliographyIndex

"[Der] reich bebilderte Band, [sei] allen, die sich für die religiöse (Um-)Welt der frühen Christinnen und Christen in Ephesos interessieren, nachdrücklich empfohlen." - Klaus-Michael Bull, Rostock, in: TLZ 146 (2021) 9