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HIERAPOLIS

(Gk. Hierápolis)

A Hellenistic commercial city and military colony located in the Lycus Valley of southwestern Asia Minor near Colossae and Laodicea. Hierapolis was known for its production of textiles and was the center of mystery cults (Strabo Geog. 13.4.14). The Jewish community at Hierapolis was colonized when Antiochus III transferred Jewish soldiers from Mesopotamia and Babylon to Phrygia and Lydia ca. 210-205 b.c.e. (Josephus Ant. 12 [147-53]; cf. CIJ 2.775). Paul mentions Hierapolis as a place where Epaphras ministered (Col. 4:12-13). Irenaeus regarded Papias, bishop of Hierapolis ca. 125 c.e., as a “hearer” (disciple) of John (Adv. haer. 5.33.3-4); although Eusebius discredits this (HE 3.39.2-4), Papias is considered an Apostolic Father.

Bibliography. J. M. G. Barclay, Jews in the Mediterranean Diaspora (Edinburgh, 1996); M. Hengel, Between Jesus and Paul (Philadelphia, 1983); E. M. Yamauchi, The Archaeology of New Testament Cities in Western Asia Minor (Grand Rapids, 1980).

Lynne Alcott Kogel

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HIERAPOLIS

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)