Ephesos

Ancient Ephesus was a metropolis of religion as well as education: the city was famed for its Temple of Artemis, was one of the emperor cult's main centres in the days of the Roman Empire, housed a Jewish community, and became a hub of Early Christianity. The conflict-prone interaction between religion and education shaped the city's history. In thirteen separate but interconnected studies, authors from diverse disciplines examine the numerous facets of Ephesus in this field of tension, focusing on the Imperial Era: from pagan Ephesus to the Jewish and Christian Ephesus, right up to an Islamic perspective of Ephesus.