Corinthian Matters

Category: Religion, 1 Corinthians

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Corinthiaka, July 31, 2015

    Here is this Friday’s dose of Corinthiaka–the ephemeral material, news, and blogs to go online over the last two weeks. Or at least the material that my alerts captured. Archaeology and Classics: One of those sweet 3D video fly-overs from Lechaion to Corinth in the Second century. Lots of inaccuracy combined with imaginative reconstruction here, but also some value. I love the view down…

  • Reading 1 Corinthians with Philosophically Educated Women (Barnes)

    The last issue of the Review of Biblical Literature includes a critical review of Nathan Barnes’ book, Reading 1 Corinthians with Philosophically Educated Women, Eugene, OR, 2014: Wipf and Stock Publishers. The book, which revises Barnes’ PhD dissertation on the subject (2012), explores how philosophically educated women in the young Corinthian church would have interacted with concepts such as family, marriage, and patronage.…

  • Wiley Blackwell Companion to Patristics (ed. Parry)

    What do Patristic studies have to do with Corinth? Quite a lot. One of the interesting bits of research I completed over the last several years was working through the Roman and late antique references to Corinth, Kenchreai, and the Isthmus in the TLG to study the changing patterns of discourse about the city and…

  • Paul’s Political Strategy in 1 Corinthians 1-4 (Bitner)

    Bradley Bitner’s new book on Paul’s political theology, published last month with Cambridge University Press, looks to offer an interesting approach to understanding the opening chapters of the New Testament letter of 1 Corinthians. Here are the details from the publisher page: Bitner, Bradley J. Paul’s Political Strategy in 1 Corinthians 1-4. Cambridge University Press,…

  • Corinthiaka

    I’ve been cleaning my inbox of alerts this week and have a little bundle of mid-summer Corinthiaka to get out. Here’s some of the latest ephemera from the blogosphere: Archaeology: AIA Site Preservation Grant to Preserve Mycenaean Chamber Tomb at Aidonia (AIA) “Corinth Museum Theft 1990” (Trafficking Culture) New Testament: “Eschatology in the Corinthian Church: Thiselton”  (Cryptotheology) “Erasmus on the…

  • Review: Litfin’s Paul’s Theology of Preaching

    Phillip Long who blogs at Reading Acts has posted a longish review of Duane Litfin’s Paul’s Theology of Preaching: The Apostle’s Challenge to the Art of Persuasion in Ancient Corinth. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2015. First, the abstract for the book from the publisher’s page: “We preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and…

  • The First Urban Churches: Roman Corinth (In the Works)

    A couple of years ago, I had the good fortune of participating in a session at the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) conference on the theme of Polis and Ekklesia: Investigations of Urban Christianity. The paper I delivered outlined new perspectives on the diolkos and the implications of this research for understanding the commercial backdrop…