Description: Every student of the letters of Paul, the Acts of the Apostles, and the Book of Revelation will find much of value in 'New Testament Cities in Western Asia Minor'," writes W. Ward Gasque. The author investigates the status of the archaeological information which we now have about key cities of western Asia Minor during the early Roman Empire" Assos, Pergamum, Thyateira, Smyrna, Sardis, Philadelphia, Ephesus, Miletus, Didyma, Laodicea, Hierapolis, and Colossae.
Brief description: Edwin M. Yamauchi is Professor of History at Miami University and the author of eleven books on archaeology, ancient history, and the Bible. This book first appeared in 1980 as 'The Archaeology of New Testament Cities in Western Asia Minor'.
Review Quotes: ""Nothing else available . . . so handily reviews these major New Testament sites." --A. T. Kraabel, biblical archaeologist ""Those who want more information than standard reference books . . . can supply will be well rewarded by the study of this book." --Alan Millard, Christian graduate ""Everything Dr. Yamauchi undertakes is extremely well grounded, scholarly, and yet very readable, and this book is no exception." --Paul L. Maier, Western Michigan University ""The value of this book is in its accessibility and in the depth of treatment, which surpasses that of the Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias and even many of the other works." --David M. Howard Jr., Bethel Seminary, St. Paul