Want to go deeper?

The following are recommended to help you look deeper into the history and archaeology of Colossae.

Recommended for purchase:

CD-ROM: Turkey: Pictorial Library of Bible Lands (2004)

Clinton E. Arnold – The Colossian Syncretism: The Interface Between Christianity & Folk Belief at Colossae (Wissunt Zum Neuen Testament , No 2/77, 1995)

Fred O. Francis and Wayne A. Meeks, eds. – Conflict at Colossae: A Problem in the Interpretation of Early Christianity Illustrated by Selected Modern Studies (Society of Biblical Literature, 1975)

Online resources:

William Smith – "Colossae" from A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (Oxford, 1878).

Francis V. J. Arundell – [Locating Colossae] (from Discoveries in Asia Minor, vol. 2 (London: Richard Bentley, 1834).

William M. Ramsay – "The Miracle at Khonai" (from The Church in the Roman Empire Before A.D. 170, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1907).