Online Journal Article: "The Imprisonment That Could Have Happened (And The Letters Paul Could Have Written There): A Response To Ben Witherington" JETS 61.3 (2018): 549–58

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From the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (JETS)
JETS 61.3 (2018): 549–58
"THE IMPRISONMENT THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED
(AND THE LETTERS PAUL COULD HAVE WRITTEN
THERE): A RESPONSE TO BEN WITHERINGTON"
by JOEL WHITE
Abstract: This article is a response to Ben Witherington’s contention that Paul was never
imprisoned in Ephesus and thus could not have written the Prison Epistles there. After reviewing the evidence for and against an Ephesian imprisonment, much of which Witheringtonoverlooks, it is concluded that Paul was imprisoned in several places on his missionary journeys and that it is likely that Ephesus was among them. The possibility that Paul wrote Philemon,
Colossians, and Ephesians during that period of incarceration is weighed against the traditional view of Roman provenance and found to offer a somewhat more satisfactory explanation of the evidence.
Key words: imprisonment, Ephesus, Prison Letters, Rome, Ben Witherington III