Who is Artemis of the Ephesians?

In this episode of Birds of a Feather, Mike Bird and Aimee Byrd talk to Dr. Sandra Glahn about her book Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament (InterVarsity Press, 2023). They cover:

Fertility cult and a story of infertility (1:00)
Paul and Artemis (3:45)
Artemis' appendages and magic (5:45)
The relevance of inscriptions (10:11)
Celibacy and childbirth (13:20)
What is "Saved through childbearing"? (16:45)
Ephesus, magic, and false teaching (25:15)
What readers can learn from Dr. Glahn's book (27:43)

Find Dr. Glahn's book here: https://www.ivpress.com/nobody-s-mother

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Michael Bird
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Aimee Byrd
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