Corinth in context : comparative studies on religion and society /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Friesen, Steven J., Schowalter, Daniel N., 1957-, Walters, James C. (James Christopher)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Series:	Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 134.
Subjects:	Corinth (Greece) > Religion > Congresses. Religion and sociology > Greece > Corinth > History > Congresses. Corinth (Greece) > Church history > Congresses. Christian sociology > Greece > Corinth > History > Early church, ca. 30-600 > Congresses. Corinth (Greece) > Antiquities > Congresses. Christian antiquities > Greece > Corinth > Congresses.

Table of Contents:

Context, comparison / Steven J. Friesen
The social and ethnic origins of the colonists in early Roman Corinth / Benjamin W. Millis
Asklepios in Greek and Roman Corinth / Bronwen L. Wickkiser
The emperor in a Roman town : the base of the Augustales in the forum at Corinth / Margaret L. Laird
Greek heritage in Roman Corinth and Ephesos : hybrid identities and strategies of display in the material record of traditional Mediterranean religions / Christine M. Thomas
Image and cult : the coinage of Roman Corinth / Mary E. Hoskins Walbank
Ceres and cultural complexity : divine personality definitions and human worshippers in Roman Corinth / Jorunn Økland
The wrong Erastus : ideology, archaeology, and exegesis / Steven J. Friesen
Where have all the names gone? The Christian community in Corinth in the late Roman and early Byzantine eras / Michael B. Walbank
Seeking shelter in Roman Corinth : archaeology and the placement of Paul's communities / Daniel N. Schowalter
Paul and the politics of meals in Roman Corinth / James C. Walters
The sacred spring : landscape and traditions / Guy D.R. Sanders
Religion and society at Roman Kenchreai / Joseph L. Rife
Religion and society in the Roman Eastern Corinthia / Timothy E. Gregory.