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“At
the present day Ephesus has all the appearance of an
inland city. The traveller who wanders among its ruins may
be at first unconscious of the neighbourhood of the sea.
He beholds only a plain stretching east and west, closed
in on the north and south by long lines of mountain,
Gallesion and Koressos. As he looks to the east he sees
only ranges of mountains rising one behind another. As he
looks to the west his view from most parts of the city is
bounded by a ridge which projects northwards from the long
ridge of Koressos into the plain. This little ridge is
crowned by a bold fort, called in the modern local
tradition, St. Paul's Prison: the fort stands on the hill
of Astyages (according to the ancient name), and the ridge
contains also another peak on the west, called the
Hermaion. The ridge and fort constitute the extreme
western defences of the Greek city, which was built about
287 BC. That old Greek tower, owing to its distance and
isolation, has escaped intentional destruction, and is one
of the best preserved parts of the old fortification. From
its elevation of 450 feet it dominates the view, the most
striking and picturesque feature of the Greek Ephesus”
(Ramsay, The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia,
Chapter 17).
Please
visit our eight-part
Ephesians Series
by Fred R. Coulter for a complete exegesis of the Apostle
Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.
On
our Holy Days 2000
Page, by following the Pentecost 2000 links,
you may access both audio
and transcripts
relating the significance of Ephesus
to church history. This series by Fred R. Coulter is
entitled The Seven Church Harvest.
Ephesus,
Turkey: Panoramic pictures of Ephesus
This site offers a camera’s eye view spanning the
entire city. Ephesus is the best preserved classical city
of the Eastern Mediterranean, and one of the best
representations of the atmosphere of Roman times.
This
site offers a marvelous full-screen picture of the
Ancient
Library of Ephesus.
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