Book burning at Ephesus

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Eustache Le Sueur - The Preaching of St Paul at Ephesus, 1649. This painting depicts books with geometric figures, in response to Galileo Galilei, who said in 1623 that "the book of nature is written in mathematical figures".[1]

The book burning at Ephesus is an incident recorded in the

Christian converts at Ephesus, influenced by Paul the Apostle, burned
their books of magic.

USD in present-day currency.[3]

The following verse relates how "the word of the Lord continued to increase and prevail mightily" (Acts 19:20 ESV).[4] Simon Kistemaker sees these things as closely connected: "The city of Ephesus purged itself of bad literature by burning magic books and became the depository of sacred literature that made up the canon of the New Testament."[5]

Lucio Massari, Saint Paul and the burning of pagan books at Ephesus, 1612.

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References

  1. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00872-w
    . Hanging in the Louvre Museum in Paris is an imposing painting, The Preaching of St Paul at Ephesus. In this 1649 work by Eustache Le Sueur, the fiery apostle lifts his right hand as if scolding the audience, while clutching a book of scripture in his left. Among the rapt or fearful listeners are people busily throwing books into a fire. Look carefully, and you see geometric images on some of the pages.
  2. ^ Acts 19:18–19
  3. ISBN 978-1-4335-0241-5. Archived
    from the original on June 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Acts 19:20
  5. Baker Book House
    . p. 691.
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