Category: Religion, 2 Corinthians
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Corinthiaka
Some various Corinthiaka have appeared in different blogs over the last month. Diana Wright at Surprised by Time gives some attention to the death and estate of Nerio Acciaiuoli, the (late 14th century) Lord of Corinth. Kostis Kourelis at Objects-Buildings-Situations discusses graffiti at the Lechaion basilica From Matthew Malcolm at Cryptotheology: Malcolm has announced that…
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Two recent items of Corinthiaka from Australian scholars
I’ve recently noticed two pieces about 1-2 Corinthians from Australian scholars, which are worth noticing: Firstly, here, in a description of the “New College Lectures” at the University of New South Wales, David Starling suggests that 1 Corinthians may be thought of as setting a trajectory that validates the systematic codification of Christian theology. Secondly, in the September newsletter…
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The Debate on Erastus Continues
In August, I covered the recent debate among New Testament scholars over the status and rank of an individual (or individuals) by the name of Erastus. The post, called “The Search for the Historical Erastus,” summarized the work of three articles by different scholars that appeared in 2010: John Goodrich (NTS), Steve Friesen (Corinth in…
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Corinthian Scholarship (September)
Archaic-Hellenistic Corinthiaka in discussions of Pindar: L. Athanassaki and E. Bowie (eds.), Archaic and Classical Choral Song: Performance, Politics and Dissemination (de Gruyter 2011) More Corinthiaka in E. Carney and D. Ogden, Philip II and Alexander the Great: Father and Son, Lives and Afterlives (Oxford 2010) Byzantine Chryssi Bourbou, Benjamin T. Fuller Sandra J. Garvie-Lok, Michael…
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Were the First Christians Rich or Poor?
It’s the question that Greg Carey of neighboring Lancaster Theological Seminary asks in an essay in yesterday’s Huffington Post. Carey follows up on an essay last month titled “Imagining the First Christians,” and promises a third one on the “contribution of women” to early Christian communities. This essay on the question of rich and poor…
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Preaching Corinthians from Historical and Archaeological Background: Some Resources
How important is understanding cultural and social background for preaching and teaching on 1 and 2 Corinthians? In late July, I stumbled upon Michael Bird’s post at Evangelion on the importance of understanding background for effective preaching. He comments on video discussion (reposted below) between D.A. Carson and John Piper about whether a pastor whose…
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Corinthian Scholarship (August 2011)
Archaic-Hellenistic: Corinth gets some attention in the newest Mediterranean history book: David Abulafia, The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean, Oxford 2011: Oxford University Press. Also in this book: Victor Davis Hanson (ed.), Makers of Ancient Strategy: From the Persian Wars to the Fall of Rome, Princeton 2010: Princeton University Press. Late Antiquity …
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Corinthiaka
I take a break from uploading images of the Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey to drop some Corinthiaka that have come through my feed in the last month. Matt Malcolm at cryptotheology has recent posts on John Chrysostom and 1 Corinthians, part 1 of a review of Barnett’s The Corinthian Question (with comments), and the interpretation…
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The Search for the Historical Erastus
In case you missed it, the feast day of St. Erastus, friend and associate of the apostle Paul, came and went three weeks ago in the western church calendar (July 26). And in case you missed him, Erastus is a relatively minor figure mentioned only three times in the New Testament: 1) In Acts 19.22,…
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Corinthian Scholarship (July 2011)
Archaic-Hellenistic Corinth D. Obbink and R. Rutherford (eds.), Culture in Pieces: Essays on Ancient Texts in Honour of Peter Parsons, Oxford 2011: Oxford University Press, has several Corinthiaka: a fragment of the archaic poet Eumelus of Corinth, discussions of Pindar’s Thirteenth Olympian and Posidonius of Corinth, a chapter on the Argo adventure J.A. Agnew, J.S.…
Corinthian Matters 