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  • From: Rick Strelan <rick.strelan AT mailbox.uq.edu.au>
  • To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: populations of Paul's cities
  • Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 15:28:39 +1000


The population of Ephesus in the second/third centuries CE is usually put
at ca 200-225,000. I think it's important for students to recognise the
difference between 'population' and 'citizens'. Of the latter, in Ephesus
there were probably only about 40,000.

In general, the advice is: think small in regard to christian churches of
the first century. There's a good chance that the 26 or so names mentioned
by Paul in Rom 16 represents the whole lot [at Rome or Ephesus or wherever
Rom 16 might be directed].

Rick Strelan

Dr Rick Strelan
Studies in Religion
University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia 4072






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