Category Archives: Christian – St. Paul

Lyman Coleman, on the most hopeless city of Corinth (1855)

Posted on September 7, 2012 by

One of the projects I’m working on this year is a study of how ancient and modern writers have interpreted the historical fortunes of Corinth through the lens of its eastern landscape, the Isthmus. How did a land bridge become … Continue reading →

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Corinthian Scholarship (monthly): June-August

Posted on August 31, 2012 by

The second installment of Corinth-related scholarship that went digital in June-August. Happy reading! Geology Ford, Mary, Sebastian Rohais, Edward A. Williams, Sylvain Bourlange, David Jousselin, Nicolas Backert, and Fabrice Malartre. “Tectono-sedimentary Evolution of the Western Corinth Rift (Central Greece).” Basin … Continue reading →

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Corinthian Scholarship (monthly): March-May

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

Here is the first installment of Corinth-related scholarship, or scholarship discussing Corinth, which appeared in digital form in March to May. I will post the second installment for June-August on Friday. [Reposting this at 11:00 as I accidentally deleted the … Continue reading →

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A Week in the Life of Corinth

Posted on August 22, 2012 by

Judging from blogosphere traffic, the hit book on Corinth this summer was an historical fiction about Nicanor, a Corinthian of the mid-1st century, who encounters Paul the apostle and becomes a Christian. I noted this book by Ben Witherington III … Continue reading →

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Blogosphere: The Apostle Paul’s Corinth

Posted on August 20, 2012 by

Google alerts picks up about 20-30 new sites / blogs / videos each day reflecting, commenting, alluding to, talking about, and preaching through the Corinthian letters. Here’s a small sample from the blogosphere this summer: Michael Bird’s reflections on Brian Rosner’s … Continue reading →

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A Week in the Life of Corinth

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

Jason Maston has a review at Dunelm Road on Ben Witherington’s recently published A Week in the Life of Corinth.  Haven’t yet read the book, but it is on my list.  Here’s a snippet of Maston’s short review: “I managed … Continue reading →

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Easter Reflections

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

It’s been a busy couple of weeks.  Traveling, work shops on digitization and information fluency, pressing publication schedules, and the grind of the semester have reduced the output from this site.  I have lots in the work that I hope … Continue reading →

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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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