Category: Conferences and Presentations
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Corinthiaka at the AIA / APA 2012
The Archaeological Institute of America and the American Philological Association have posted preliminary programs for their annual meetings in Philadelphia, January 5-8, 2012. As in last year’s program, Corinthiaka are covered through AIA / APA papers and posters. The following list was generated from paper titles alone and will grow as the abstracts go live. …
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Corinthian Scholarship (July 2011)
Archaic-Hellenistic Corinth D. Obbink and R. Rutherford (eds.), Culture in Pieces: Essays on Ancient Texts in Honour of Peter Parsons, Oxford 2011: Oxford University Press, has several Corinthiaka: a fragment of the archaic poet Eumelus of Corinth, discussions of Pindar’s Thirteenth Olympian and Posidonius of Corinth, a chapter on the Argo adventure J.A. Agnew, J.S.…
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Corinth in Context at Society of Biblical Literature, London 2011
Last week I spent conferencing in London at the international meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. With the exception of one rainy day, the weather was cool and beautiful. My own visit was improved by the presence of my wife, Kate, and toddler son James, who ensured that I spent more time at London’s…
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SBL – Day 3-4
More good 1 and 2 corinthians papers today at the SBL International: Kar-Yong Lim, Seminari Theoloji Malaysia, “Paul’s Use of Temple Imagery in the Corinthian Correspondence and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Contextual Reading from the Perspectives of A Chinese Malaysian” Jeremy Punt, Universiteit van Stellenbosch – University of Stellenbosch, “Foolish Rhetoric in 1…
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Abstracts from Paul, People, and Politics Conference
As a follow up to my last post on the “Corinth – Paul, People, and Politics” at Macquarie University, I have just received from Cavan Concannon a PDF document of the paper abstracts. Check out the Corinth Conference Abstracts. The papers covered a wide range of issues relating in some way to Pauline or early Christian…
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Macquarie University Conference
A first report is now available on the Society for the Study of Early Christianity conference at Macquarie University last weekend, with Corinth as its theme this year. The review focuses mainly on the value of Laurence Welborn’s “The Content and Setting of the Gospel Tradition,” but there are also some positive comments on Amelia…
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Corinthiaka (April 2011)
Probably about time to release the few Corinthiaka news and links that have accumulated through Google updates this month. I’ll follow with an April publication / scholarship overview later in the week: Matt Malcolm’s Greek language exercises set in the Corinthian marketplace calls to mind simulation exercises that my colleague, Reta Finger, used to do with…
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SBL International – London, July 4-7
The Society of Biblical Literature has posted its schedule of papers for the international conference in London, July 4-7, 2011. There are three sessions that focus entirely on Corinth and many scattered papers that touch on Corinthian matters. Clicking on the links below will pull up the abstracts from the SBL website. First, the…
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Corinth – Paul, People, and Politics
Macquarie University has posted a description and schedule for a conference on May 14 called “Corinth – Paul, People and Politics,” sponsored by the Society for the Study of Early Christianity. The abstract for the conference: In Paul’s letters to the Corinthians we see an early Christian society dealing with factionalism arising from varied interpretations…
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Corinthian Scholarship (March 2011)
I stumbled upon a good number of Corinthian papers, presentations, and publications this month that cover topics from Isthmia, Kenchreai, Aphrodite and prostitute, and Paul’s ascent in 2 Cor. 12. First, Corinthian archaeology and history: Anne Pippin Burnett has a piece in GRBS 51 (2011) on Pindar and prostitution at Corinth: “Servants of Peitho: Pindar fr.122 S”…
Corinthian Matters 