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Achaia
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
In Acts 18:12 we are told that the Jews in Corinth made insurrection against Paul when Gallio was deputy of Achaia, and in Acts 18:27 that Apollos was making preparations to set out for Achaia In Romans 16:5 , "Achaia" should read "ASIA" as in the Revised Version (British and American). In Acts 20:2 "Greece" means Achaia, but the oft-mentioned "Macedonia and Achaia" generally means the whole of Greece ( Acts 19:21; Romans 15:26; 1 Thessalonians 1:8 ). Paul commends the churches of Achaia for their liberality (2 Corinthians 9:13 ).
Literature
See Gerhard, Ueber den Volksstamm der A . (Berlin, 1854); Klatt, Forschungen zur Geschichte des achaischen Bundes (Berlin, 1877); M. Dubois, Les ligues étolienne et achéenne (Paris, 1855); Capes, History of the Achean League (London, 1888); Mahaffy, Problems , 177-86; Busolt, Greek Staatsalter , 2nd edition (1892), 347ff; Toeppfer, in Pauly's Realencyclopaedie .
For Aratus see Hermann, Staatsalter , 1885; Krakauer, Abhandlung ueber Aratus (Breslau, 1874); Neumeyer, Aratus aus Sikyon (Leipzig, 1886); Holm, History of Greece .
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Achaia'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​a/achaia.html. 1915.