A Resource for the Study of the Corinthia, Greece
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Corinthiaka
Some interesting Corinthiaka (Corinthian Matters) for this Wednesday morning: Roy Ciampa and Brian Rosner, authors of a new commentary on 1 Corinthians, talk about St. Paul and Roman sexual ethics in the Corinthian community in a two part video here and here. Michael Bird’s brief review of their commentary can be found here. A couple of summer conferences related…
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From Corinth, with love
The choices for Valentine’s Day were anecdotes about courtesans and Aphrodite or some love verses from St. Paul. I felt that 1 Corinthians 13 had a bit more substance. Some images of the modern church of the Koimesis in the village of Ancient Corinth with more available in the photo gallery.
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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…
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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…
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1 Corinthians – 2010 Publications
Keeping up with the scholarship on 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians must require a lot of work. The following list is not comprehensive but it does give a sense of some of the currents in scholarship on 1 Corinthians in the last year. I include academic publications (books, articles, dissertations, and master’s theses) that relate…
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Corinthian History and Archaeology: 2010 Publications
2010 was a big year for publications on Corinthian history and archaeology. I created the list below using various search engines (google scholar, worldcat, etc..) none of which are fully comprehensive. I included academic publications (books, articles, dissertations, and master’s theses) that relate to the archaeology and history of the Corinthia from prehistory to the…
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The Most Excellent Strategem of Niketas Ooryphas (Part IV)
Today I deliver the final segment of this interpretation of Niketas Ooryphas , the clever and mighty Byzantine admiral who shocked Aegean pirates in the Corinthian Gulf. As Basil’s thunderbolt, he certainly did not drag his feet in 872 AD, but did he actually drag his fleet? On Friday, I presented a series of arguments…
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Did Niketas Drag His Fleet? The Ooryphas Saga, Part III
Probably not. Over the last day or two, I’ve been telling the conquests of Niketas Ooryphas, the terrifying Byzantine admiral who delivered the shocking attack on the menacing Cretan pirates in the Corinthian Gulf in the late 9th century AD. The Cretan pirates: from the Madrid Skylitzes manuscript The story is based on several…
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Basil’s Thunderbolt: Niketas Ooryphas, Part II
Today we continue the story of Niketas Ooryphas, a shadowy Byzantine admiral who appears on three occasions in the 10th century Life of Basil, a document praising the Emperor Basil I as a restorer of order after the disastrous reign of the immoral and diabolical Michael III. Niketas’ exploits, as I suggested yesterday, create real…
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Niketas Ooryphas and the Diolkos of Corinth, Part I
Who was Niketas Ooryphas, and what was he doing on the Isthmus in AD 872? Over the next few days, I’ll provide a truncated version of the talk I delivered two weeks ago in San Antonio at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America. The talk was titled, “Niketas Ooryphas Drags His Fleet:…
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