This volume of the New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity series includes essays exploring aspects of the political, religious, social, and cultural life of ancient Ephesus and surrounding villages as well as essays that address exegetical issues in Acts, Ephesians, and 1 Timothy from a documentary and historical perspective. Contributors Richard S. Ascough, Bradley J. Bitner, James R. Harrison, Michael Immendorfer, Elif Hilal Karaman, R. A. Kearsley, Stephen Llewelyn, Will Robinson, Guy MacLean Rogers, and Stephan Witetschek examine a range of topics, including the goddess Artemis, the imperial cult, civic associations, women, widows, slaves, confession inscriptions, benefaction and citizenship, and virtue.