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撮要

由初期教會開始，以弗所城被認為是秉承使徒約翰的傳統，及被宣稱是約翰寫成約翰福音的地方。本文旨在透過檢視以弗所在主後第一及第二世紀，能否作為一個羅馬、猶太及基督教文化的大都會，從而探討傳統宣稱的可靠性。作者在論證過程中，闡釋以弗所乃當代的行政、文化及宗教中心，因此，傳統宣稱應該不只是純粹的推測。

ABSTRACT

Since the dawn of Christianity, Ephesus has been associated with the Johanine tradition and has been claimed as the place of origin of the Fourth Gospel. This study tries to evaluate this ancient tradition by examining the status of Ephesus as a Roman, Jewish and Christian Metropolis in the first and second centuries C.E. In the process it becomes evident that the influence of Ephesus as an administrative, cultural and religious center of Asia was such that the traditional claim can be seen as more than a mere possibility.

原載於《建道學刊》8期（1997年7月），頁103-119。