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A Postcolonial African American Re-reading of ColossiansContemporaries of Laodicea and Hierapolis

A Postcolonial African American Re-reading of Colossians: Contemporaries of Laodicea and Hierapolis [We begin this study of the identification of the people of Colossae by examining the region in which it was situated and the two towns closest to them, Laodicea and Hierapolis. The letter was written “to the saints in Colossae” (1.2) who inhabited the fertile Lycus Valley. Colossae was one of the smaller cities in the valley in the Roman province of Asia. This, given easy access most importantly due to the river Meander, encouraged settlement. The three cities, Colossae, Laodicea, and Hierapolis, developed in proximity to each other. Dunn notes that “Laodicea and Hierapolis on either side of the Lycus a few miles from the junction with the Meander, six miles apart and within sight of each other across the intervening plain, and Colossae about ten miles upstream on the southern bank of the Lycus.” 1 Therefore, a vantage point could be established somewhere in the Lycus Valley where one could look out and be surrounded by all three cities. Lightfoot suggests: The three cities lie so near to each other, that it would be quite possible to visit them all in the course of a single day. Thus situated, they would necessarily hold constant intercourse with each other. We are not surprised to find them so closely connected in the earliest stages of Christianity … same evangelist.2] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Postcolonial African American Re-reading of ColossiansContemporaries of Laodicea and Hierapolis

Part of the Postcolonialism and Religions Book Series
Tinsley, Annie
Springer Journals — Oct 29, 2015
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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2013
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[We begin this study of the identification of the people of Colossae by examining the region in which it was situated and the two towns closest to them, Laodicea and Hierapolis. The letter was written “to the saints in Colossae” (1.2) who inhabited the fertile Lycus Valley. Colossae was one of the smaller cities in the valley in the Roman province of Asia. This, given easy access most importantly due to the river Meander, encouraged settlement. The three cities, Colossae, Laodicea, and Hierapolis, developed in proximity to each other. Dunn notes that “Laodicea and Hierapolis on either side of the Lycus a few miles from the junction with the Meander, six miles apart and within sight of each other across the intervening plain, and Colossae about ten miles upstream on the southern bank of the Lycus.” 1 Therefore, a vantage point could be established somewhere in the Lycus Valley where one could look out and be surrounded by all three cities. Lightfoot suggests: The three cities lie so near to each other, that it would be quite possible to visit them all in the course of a single day. Thus situated, they would necessarily hold constant intercourse with each other. We are not surprised to find them so closely connected in the earliest stages of Christianity … same evangelist.2]

Published: Oct 29, 2015

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