Literary Devices in Ephesians and Colossians
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
These two letters were sent nearly 2,000 years ago. They were written to people in foreign lands and authored by folks whose experiences are pretty darn different from ours (no iPhones in 1st centu...
Genre
Ephesians and Colossians are exactly what they're billed as in the title: epistles. That's just a fancy word meaning letters. And why would Paul write a letter? Well, he's in prison, for starters,...
What's Up With the Title?
New Testament authors never titled any of their works. But…do you put titles on all your texts? We didn't think so. When these books made there way into the Bible though, folks needed some system...
Trivia
June 28th, 2008—June 29th, 2009 was declared by the Catholic Church to be "The Year of Paul." You know you're a pretty big deal when people have to set aside a whole year to celebrate your awesom...
Sex Drugs And Violence Rating
These two letters are pretty tame.Paul only mentions sexy stuff—like lust, fornication, and passion—a handful of times, and he's always super disapproving of getting it on outside of marriage....
Allusions
The Comedy of Errors by William ShakespeareNot only does this play take place in Ephesus, but the Bard also throws in some references to Paul for good measure. Luciana says that, in preparatio...