The Artemis of Acts 19: Not a Fertility Goddess

For years I've been studying the identity of Artemis of the Ephesians as the earliest Christians would have understood her. I think a correct understanding of her cult has ramifications for how we read 1 Timothy. Part one of my conclusions recently appeared in the scholarly journal Bibliotheca Sacra. You can now read my first Artemis Bib Sac article online.Photo: Remains of a second-century statue of Artemis of the Ephesians that I saw when visiting Jordan, some thousand miles away.