Corinthian Matters

Category: Periods

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • St. Leonidas and the Seven Virgins, Martyrs, April 16

    On the eve of the start of Holy Week in both western and eastern churches, it is appropriate to highlight the life of Leonidas and companions, martyred for their faith in Corinth while celebrating Pascha sometime in the mid-third century AD. The Synaxarion of the Orthodox Church notes April 16 as the day commemorating the martyrdom…

  • 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”…

  • St. Kodratos and Company

    March 10 marks the feast day of a third century martyr named Kodratos, a Christian poorly known today but evidently important for the church communities of Late Antique and Byzantine Corinth.  This Kodratos (aka Codratus / Quadratus) is not to be confused with the famous Kodratos of Athens, the bishop and apologist of the second century.…

  • Corinthiaka

    The latest Corinthiaka for this cold Monday morning: (via Matt Malcolm’s blog) A conference on May 14 at Macquarie University on the theme of “Corinth – Paul, People and Politics,” sponsored by the Society for the Study of Early Christianity.  A seminar (May 12) in advance of the conference on the theme of “The Economy…

  • Dissertating Corinth

    The American School of Classical Studies’ website has a nice piece on Angela Ziskowski’s recently defended dissertation The Construction of Corinthian Identity in the Early Iron Age and Archaic Period. As Angela describes her work there: My work on this topic focused on whether or not archaeological remains and literary testimonia from the city and…

  • Corinthian Scholarship (Winter 2011)

    Google Scholar has a very useful alert feature for staying up on research although one has to filter to remove all the junk for words like Corinth.  Some recent and forthcoming papers and publications related to things Corinthian A number of AIA chapters have featured or will feature some Corinthia lectures this year.  Ron Stroud…

  • Three new papers on the Roman Corinthia and Isthmus

    A new book on Hellenistic to Roman Corinth called Corinth in Contrast: Studies in Inequality is now in the works.  The volume is edited by Friesen, James, and Schowalter and is based on the conference in Austin in early October which brought together archaeologists, historians, and New Testament scholars to discuss the topic of inequality and contrast…

  • Pauline and Early Christian Corinth: Recent Publications

    Some very interesting scholarship from 2010 related to St. Paul’s Christian community, including the social and political context of Roman Corinth and individuals within the Pauline community.  A dissertation on Apollos and some three articles on Erastus. Margaret Mitchell’s Paul, the Corinthians, and the Birth of Christian Hermeneutics looks excellent.  Her first chapter caught my…