Corinthian Matters

Category: Periods, Roman

  • 2015 Publications in Corinthian Studies: New Testament, Christianity, and Judaism

    This is the third in a series of five bibliographic reports related to Corinthian scholarship published or digitized in 2015. This post also marks the next installment in a Lenten series on resources for the study of Judaism, New Testament, and early Christianity in Corinth (see last week’s post on Corinthian-related blogs). Today’s report presents scholarship published or digitized in 2015 related…

  • 2015 Publications in Corinthian Studies: Roman Period

    This is the second in a series of bibliographic posts concerning Corinthian scholarship published or disseminated online in 2015. Today’s report contains new scholarship broadly related to the Corinthia in the Roman and Late Antique periods, but excludes articles and books related to New Testament, Judaism, and early Christianity more broadly (which we will post separately tomorrow). Download…

  • Bridge of the Untiring Sea (Gebhard and Gregory, eds.)

    I finally have my hands on Bridge of the Untiring Sea: the Corinthian Isthmus from Prehistory to Late Antiquity, fresh off the press (December 2015) from the Princeton office of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. I wrote briefly about this forthcoming book in June (here and here). The Bridge has been a long time in the making. It…

  • The Long Lent

    The liturgical season of Lent begins today in the western Christian churches. If you don’t know what this is, Lent is a penitential season of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving that culminates in the celebration of Easter / Pascha. As far as liturgical seasons go, it’s a pretty old one that had emerged clearly by the council of Nicaea in AD…

  • The Pauline Church and the Corinthian Ekklesia (Richard Last)

    I was interested to see the release of Richard Last’s new book The Pauline Church and the Corinthian Ekklesia: Greco-Roman Associations in Comparative Context  (Cambridge University Press 2015), which publishes the author’s 2013 dissertation from University of Toronto. Published as volume 146 in the Society for New Testament Monograph Series, the work adopts a fresh approach to the role of religious associations and philosophical cults and and…

  • On the Eutychia Mosaic Conservation

    The American School of Classical Studies at Athens posted this update yesterday about the conservation work surrounding the Eutychia Mosaic, which has been the focus of the Corinth excavation and conservation teams in recent years. The piece by Katherine M. Petrole discusses the excavation below the mosaic last summer, continued conservation, recent presentations about the work, and educational outreach programs designed…

  • Hellenistic Sanctuaries between Greece and Rome (Melfi and Bobou)

    I’m slowly making my way through a backlog of new Corinthian scholarship this morning as the first east coast snowstorm of 2016 threatens to envelop central Pennsylvania (and I’m not sure whether my six year old or I am more excited about a foot of snow). Discovered this little gem. A brand new collection of essays on Hellenistic sanctuaries due for publication in March with Oxford…

  • The Roman Audience: Classical Literature as Social History (Wiseman)

    This new book by T.P. Wiseman caught my eye when I saw it via Google Alerts in late August. Published this fall by Oxford University Press, The Roman Audience: Classical Literature as Social History offers a novel interpretation of Roman literature and its reach to broad public audiences. The book is clearly relevant for a city like Roman Corinth, for which most of our…

  • People Under Power: Early Christian and Jewish Responses (Lebahn and Lehtipuu)

    This new book edited by Labahn and Lehtipuu looks broadly relevant to the study of Judaism and early Christianity at Corinth and the Corinthian correspondence with all its emphasis on power and weakness: Labahn, Michael, and Outi Lehtipuu, eds. People under Power: Early Jewish and Christian Responses to the Roman Power Empire. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2015.…

  • Corinthiaka

    Every month I sort through hundreds of google alerts, scholar alerts, academia notices, book review sites, and other social media in an attempt to find a few valuable bits to pass along via this site. I ignore the vast majority of hits that enter my inbox, store away those that I plan to develop into their own stories, and then release the ephemera (or those I fail to…