Interesting. I wonder, what's the validity of temple prostitution at the temple in ephesus or Corinth? It seems like it's a lot of here-say in history about how bad things actually were. I've been pretty steeped in 1st and 2nd Timothy due to trying to understand the cultural significance of the false teaching Paul* seems to be speaking about.
Even without checking, my first thought is that the main temple at Ephesus was to Artemis, one of whose defining characteristics is virginity, so prostitution in her name seems improbable.
Wow. Thanks so much for doing this thorough critical review for our benefit. It is greatly appreciated.
Interesting. I wonder, what's the validity of temple prostitution at the temple in ephesus or Corinth? It seems like it's a lot of here-say in history about how bad things actually were. I've been pretty steeped in 1st and 2nd Timothy due to trying to understand the cultural significance of the false teaching Paul* seems to be speaking about.
Even without checking, my first thought is that the main temple at Ephesus was to Artemis, one of whose defining characteristics is virginity, so prostitution in her name seems improbable.