Category Archives: Christian – 2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians: A Select Bibliography

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

Pepperdine University has provided free access to its past issues of Leaven: A Journal of Christian Ministry through its digital commons site.  There are about 20 articles and reviews on Corinth and the Corinthians.  Most useful is Carl Holladay’s select … Continue reading →

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Corinthian Scholarship (February)

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

Here’s the latest in Corinthian-related scholarship published, presented, or released online in February.  These 13 articles, books, and studies represent about 7% of ca 175 studies that triggered Google Scholar alerts last month.  There are many, many “false positives” that … Continue reading →

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Pauline and Early Christian Corinth: 2011 Publications

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Our series continues today with the 2011 publications related mainly to Early Christian Corinth and the interpretation of 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians.  About 100 publications on the subject were indexed online this year.  The list also includes 2009 and 2010 … Continue reading →

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Three Reflections on 1 Corinthians

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

Among the fastest growing bodies of digital data related to Corinthian studies are the texts, audio files, and videos of homilies, sermons, and commentary on the New Testament letters of 1 and 2 Corinthians.   The former, especially, provides numerous inlets … Continue reading →

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Corinth at the Tate

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

Museums are increasingly posting collections of images and artwork online which, on occasion, deal with Corinthian topics.  In the midst of the end-of-semester madness, I learned of Tate’s extensive online collection of art through alerts sparked by the posting of … Continue reading →

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Corinthian Scholarship (November)

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

Hard to believe that December is already here – quite a lot of new scholarship delivered electronically in November.  Bronze Age Erika Weiberg, “The invisible dead : The case of the Argolid and Corinthia during the Early Bronze Age,” in … Continue reading →

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Going to San Francisco for the Society of Biblical Literature? An Invitation to Contribute

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

The annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature runs this week from Saturday to Tuesday and will offer more than 50 papers related in some way to the study of Corinth.  In August, I posted a comprehensive list of … Continue reading →

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The Unqualified Apostle

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

Gary Shogren at JustinofNablus wins the prize for most creative (recent) Apostle-Paul-in-Corinth blog post.  In “Dear Paul,” he describes how the apostle failed to satisfy what Corinthian Christians thought most important and would fail to qualify today for the typical … Continue reading →

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Corinthiaka

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

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 … Continue reading →

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Two recent items of Corinthiaka from Australian scholars

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

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 … Continue reading →

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