A Resource for the Study of the Corinthia, Greece
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Corinthian Scholarship (April 2011)
The latest in Corinthian Scholarship for April 2011. As always, this list is based on various Google alerts that may be thorough but are certainly not exhaustive. If you have material to add, send it my way. Geology: The most recent article on the Gulf of Corinth rift: “The Structures, Stratigraphy and Evolution of the…
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Corinthiaka (April 2011)
Probably about time to release the few Corinthiaka news and links that have accumulated through Google updates this month. I’ll follow with an April publication / scholarship overview later in the week: Matt Malcolm’s Greek language exercises set in the Corinthian marketplace calls to mind simulation exercises that my colleague, Reta Finger, used to do with…
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“For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed”
We can expect a big weekend for sermons on 1 Corinthians. Eastern and western liturgical calendars realign this year for the celebration of Easter, and Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians offers some of the most direct and explicit discussions in the New Testament on the significance of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection. 1 Corinthians 5.6-8,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Korinth: A Tale of Zombies
One problem in running Google searches on “Corinth” is the unwieldy number of hits returned. The reason for the numerous false positives is that the USA has a good number of cities and churches named “Corinth”. On the first two pages of a Google search, one encounters sites related to Corinth Mississippi, Corinth Vermont, the…
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New Excavation Season at Corinth now underway
The staff at the American School of Classical Studies Excavations at Corinth announce the beginning of their 2011 field season. The short note from their website: On April 4, the 2011 excavation season began in Ancient Corinth in the theater. Regular members, Evelyn Adkins, Emilia Oddo, Reema Habib, Katie Lamberto, Andriy Fomin, and Tristan…
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The Diolkos of Corinth – A New View
Over the last week, I have been working frantically on the revisions of an article called the “Diolkos of Corinth,” about the famous paved portage road across the Corinthian Isthmus. I submitted the paper last August and it was provisionally accepted for publication providing that some minor modifications were made. When I hear that the…
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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”…
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