Clinton Arnold: Rufus's views were well-known in Asia Minor, famous for advanced medical schools

Clinton Arnold notes that Rufus taught anatomy and physiology at the end of the first century, and such views were 'surely well known in Asia Minor,' which was famous for advanced medical schools at Pergamum, Smyrna, Ephesus, Miletus, Tralles, Laodicea — the very places Paul wrote to.