Corinthian Matters

Category: Religion, 1 Corinthians

  • The Figure of Adam and the New Creation

    This one out this month from Fortress Press. Legarreta-Castillo, Felipe De Jesus. The Figure of Adam in Romans 5 and 1 Corinthians 15: The New Creation and Its Ethical and Social Reconfigurations: Minneapolis 2014: Fortress. Abstract: “It is widely recognized that in some of his letters, Paul develops a Christology based on a comparison between…

  • RBL Reviews: Four New Books on Paul and Pauline Studies

    Freshly printed by the Review of the Biblical Literature, four new books related to Paul, Pauline studies, writings, theology, themes, mission, and interpretation—plenty of 1 and 2 Corinthians here. Celebrating Paul: Festschrift in Honor of Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, O.P., and Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J.Spitaler, Peter, editorWashington: Catholic Biblical Association of America, 2011 pp. xxviii + 439.…

  • Paul’s Powerpoint to the Corinthians

    H/t to Bill Caraher on this little gem. Gabriel Rossman translates 1 Corinthians into the language of Powerpoint. Here’s a blurb from his article at First Things. See the full TP here. I speak of course of speakers of Terrible Powerpoint (or as linguists usually abbreviate it, “TP”). This dialect is notable for its use…

  • Two Reviews of Recent Books on 1 and 2 Corinthians

    The Review of Biblical Literature has recently posted two reviews of books published in 2013 related to 1 and 2 Corinthians. The first review by Matthew Malcolm of Cryptotheology, reviews Yung Suk Kim (ed.), 1 and 2 Corinthians: Texts @ Contexts, Minneapolis 2013: Fortress Press. The Fortress Press page describes the book this way: “The…

  • Corinthian Scholarship Monthly (November 2013)

    Your latest round of new Corinthian scholarship published or posted online in the last month – just in time for the holiday season. Feel free to reply to this post if you have something to add. If you are interested and qualified to review any of the following, contact me at corinthianmatters@gmail.com. For comprehensive bibliography…

  • SBL Baltimore 2013

    I will not be able to attend the annual meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research and the Society of Biblical Literature that begin this week in Baltimore, but I will offer, as in years past, an index of papers and sessions related in some way to Corinth. I did not see any obvious…

  • Inequality in Corinth

    It didn’t take long for the Googlebots to find Corinth in Contrast: Studies in Inequality, fresh off the press  of Brill publishing company. Google Books has made available the Introductory matter, Table of Contents, and Chapter 1 (Inequality in Corinth) by editors Steven Friesen, Sarah James, and Daniel Schowalter. In their introductory chapter, the editors…

  • Corinthian Scholarship Monthly (October 2013)

    Here’s the round-up of new Corinthiaka scholarship for the month of October. Happy Reading. You can also find these entries at the Corinthian Studies Group Library Page in Zotero. Bronze Age Pullen, Daniel. “The Life and Death of a Mycenaean Port Town: Kalamianos on the Saronic Gulf.” Journal of Maritime Archaeology no. October (2013): 1–18.…

  • Corinth in Contrast

    I was pleased to see via FB that Corinth in Contrast: Studies in Inequality went live this morning at Brill’s website—a month in advance of the annual meeting of the SBL in Baltimore and well in advance of the AIA meeting in Chicago. (So look for the book if you will attend one of these…

  • Corinthian Scholarship Monthly (September 2013)

    Here is the latest gaggle of articles, books, and theses that filtered into my feed last month – all of which have something to do with the Corinthia directly or indirectly (parallels and comparanda). Bronze Age Pullen, Daniel J. “‘Minding the Gap’: Bridging the Gaps in Cultural Change Within the Early Bronze Age Aegean.” American…