Corinthian Matters

Category: Periods, Modern

  • Whirlwind on the Isthmus

    My four days in the Corinthia passed much too quickly for my liking. Day 1: Arrive at the Isthmus and introduce students to the delicious fastfood Goody’s chain; view the canal from the old national highway bridge; race to the top of Acrocorinth before the site closed (now 3 PM, no longer 7); visit Kenchreai…

  • Corinthian Projections of the Past

    One of the goals for our trip to Albania and Greece was to encourage students to think comparatively about the two countries. Leaving aside the current economic crisis, Greece often evokes positive images–mountains, sea, and plain; blue skies, blue seas; democracy and theaters and philosophers; ancient ruins in a scenic landscape; Mama Mia and Traveling…

  • Corinthiaka

    Some interesting Corinthiaka (Corinthian Matters) for this Wednesday morning: Roy Ciampa and Brian Rosner, authors of a new commentary on 1 Corinthians, talk about St. Paul and Roman sexual ethics in the Corinthian community in a two part video here and here.  Michael Bird’s brief review of their commentary can be found here. A couple of summer conferences related…

  • From Corinth, with love

    The choices for Valentine’s Day were anecdotes about courtesans and Aphrodite or some love verses from St. Paul.  I felt that 1 Corinthians 13 had a bit more substance.  Some images of the modern church of the Koimesis in the village of Ancient Corinth with more available in the photo gallery.

  • Corinthian History and Archaeology: 2010 Publications

    2010 was a big year for publications on Corinthian history and archaeology.  I created the list below using various search engines (google scholar, worldcat, etc..) none of which are fully comprehensive.  I included academic publications (books, articles, dissertations, and master’s theses) that relate to the archaeology and history of the Corinthia from prehistory to the…

  • Corinthian Olive Oil

    Want some real Greek olive oil produced in the Corinthia?  The Corinthian Olive Oil Company has launched a website for their Agros Extra Virgin Olive Oil.  The oil is processed entirely from Corinthian olives and is simply excellent. Here’s the blurb from their website: Agros Extra Virgin Olive Oil was established in 2008 by Tasos Kakouros…