Corinth in context

Corinth in context comparative studies on religion and society / [electronic resource] : edited by Steven J. Friesen, Daniel N. Schowalter, and James C. Walters. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. - xxiii, 517 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Supplements to Novum Testamentum, v. 134. 0167-9732 ; . - Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 134. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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


Available electronically via the Internet.

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Religion and sociology--History--Greece--Corinth--Congresses.
Christian sociology--History--Greece--Corinth--Early church, ca. 30-600--Congresses.
Christian antiquities--Greece--Corinth--Congresses.


Corinth (Greece)--Religion--Congresses.
Corinth (Greece)--Church history--Congresses.
Corinth (Greece)--Antiquities--Congresses.

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