Category: Historical Fiction
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Performing 1 Corinthians
Among the thousands of publications on St. Paul’s letters to the Christians in Corinth, Creating a Scene in Corinth: A Simulation (MennoMedia 2013) stands out for its unique approach to biblical study through simulation and performance. Written by Reta Finger and George McClain, the work invites its readers to experience 1 Corinthians by directly entering…
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Imagining the Corinthians: A Week in the Life of Corinth
In the late spring of 2012, there was a buzz in the biblioblog world about a new book by Ben Witherington III called A Week in the Life of Corinth (InterVarsity Press Academic), a fictional work about a character named Nicanor who converts to Christianity after meeting the apostle Paul. Seminarians, pastors, preachers, interested Christians, and not a few professors of New Testament blogged the book—so…
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A Week in the Life of Corinth
Judging from blogosphere traffic, the hit book on Corinth this summer was an historical fiction about Nicanor, a Corinthian of the mid-1st century, who encounters Paul the apostle and becomes a Christian. I noted this book by Ben Witherington III on this blog back in May, and I’ve continued to see reviews and summaries over…
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A Week in the Life of Corinth
Jason Maston has a review at Dunelm Road on Ben Witherington’s recently published A Week in the Life of Corinth. Haven’t yet read the book, but it is on my list. Here’s a snippet of Maston’s short review: “I managed to get a copy of Ben Witherington‘s new book A Week in the Life of…
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Corinthian Scholarship (February)
Here’s the latest in Corinthian-related scholarship published, presented, or released online in February. These 13 articles, books, and studies represent about 7% of ca 175 studies that triggered Google Scholar alerts last month. There are many, many “false positives” that have little to do with ancient or medieval Corinth, or make only passing and insignificant…
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Corinthian Scholarship (November)
Hard to believe that December is already here – quite a lot of new scholarship delivered electronically in November. Bronze Age Erika Weiberg, “The invisible dead : The case of the Argolid and Corinthia during the Early Bronze Age,” in Helen Cavanagh, William Cavanagh and James Roy (eds.), Honouring the Dead in the Peloponnese: Proceedings…
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Histories of Peirene
There are no monuments of ancient Corinth more famous and iconic than the Fountain of Peirene. Any modern visitor who has wandered among the ruins will likely have shot a photo like the one below of the Roman spring facade and court. And anyone who walks into a tourist shop will have seen plenty of…
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Historical Fictions
Since antiquity, the Corinthia has formed a rather fitting stage for imaginative narratives and outright fictions. In the long Roman era, we have frequent examples of writers (e.g., Apuleius, Lucian, Libanius, and Themistius) placing their fictional characters and events in Corinth and the Isthmus. And in the modern era, scholars have often turned to the…
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Corinthiaka
I take a break from uploading images of the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey to drop some Corinthiaka that have come through my feed in the last month. Matt Malcolm at cryptotheology has recent posts on John Chrysostom and 1 Corinthians, part 1 of a review of Barnett’s The Corinthian Question (with comments), and the interpretation…
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