Ephesians background

Ephesians

Author: Paul
[See Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius: Book 3, Chapter 25, Verse 2.]

Date: About 62 A.D.

Language: Greek

Place: While imprisoned in Rome (J.B. Phillips)

Purpose: To encourage the believers in Christ.

What kind of book?: Letter to followers of Jesus

Reflection: Some say Paul did not write this letter, yet he even states "I, Paul" in the middle of the letter at the start of Chapter 3. And the "household code" seems like just the kind of thing Paul would put in a letter to Christians whose roots were the paternal Jewish culture, (though sometimes sexist back then I must add) yet who were surrounded by Gentiles who were decimating the institution of the family.
Hunter Irvine
(1) J.B. Phillips, Letters to Young Churches (New York: The Macmillian Company, 1947), 100.