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This edited and updated edition of Ramsay's classic work has, except for the omission of a lengthy poem in Chapter 14, left the original material intact. The language and style were updated for the modern reader, modern place names were used, and a modern translation is the source of scripture citations. Notes especially have been updated and corrected, and fuller bibliography is provided whenever possible. Photographs and diagrams from the original are retained. Anyone interested in Asia Minor or the book of Revelation will find this resource invaluable.

". . . Sir William Ramsay's exposition of the letters to the seven churches of Asia has continued to attract readers for the greater part of a century—and it is likely to remain of interest well into the next century. As the first Professor of Classical Archaeology at Oxford University, Ramsay pioneered the study of antiquity in what is today western Turkey. He went on to devote the latter part of his life to applying what he had learned to the study of the New Testament in a most fruitful manner. More recent scholars, such as Colin Hemer, have brought Ramsay's research up-to-date in the light of more recent research; however, it is always good to go back to the fountainhead of such a study. Ramsay's work remains a classic in the field and should be a part of every Bible scholar's personal library."

—W. Ward Gasque, Dean of Graduate Studies, Eastern College

Sir William M. Ramsay (1851-1939) was a classical scholar and archaeologist whose work in Asia Minor, Italy, and indeed throughout the ancient Mediterranean influenced generations of New Testament scholars. In addition to the present volume, he is perhaps best known for the Church in the Roman Empire before A. D. 170 (1893) and St. Paul the Traveller and Roman Citizen. The impact of his work in New Testament archaeology cannot be underestimated.

1. Writing, Travel, and Letters Among the Early Christians
2. Transmission of Letters in the First Century
3. The Christian Letters and Their Transmission
4. The Letters to the Seven Churches
5. Relation of the Christian Books to Contemporary Thought and Literature
6. The Symbolism of the Seven Letters
7. Authority of the Writer of the Seven Letters
8. The Education of St. John in Patmos
9. The Flavian Persecution in the Province of Asia as Depicted in the Apocalypse
10. The Province of Asia and the Imperial Region
11. The Cities of Asia as Meeting Places of the Greek and the Asiatic Spirit
12. The Jews in the Asian Cities
13. The Pagan Converts in the Early Church
14. The Seven Churches of Asia
15. Origin of the Seven Representative Cities
16. Plan and Order of Topics in the Seven Letters
17. Ephesus: The City of Change
18. The Letter to the Church in Ephesus
19. Smyrna: The City of Life
20. The Letter to the Church in Smyrna
21. Pergamum: The Royal City, the City of Authority
22. The Letter to the Church in Pergamum
23. Thyatira: Weakness Made Strong
24. The Letter to the Church in Thyatira
25. Sardis: The City of Death
26. The Letter to the Church in Sardis
27. Philadelphia: The Missionary City
28. The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia
29. Laodicea: The City of Compromise
30. The Letter to the Church in Laodicea

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Religion
The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia in Their Local Setting