Corinth in Context
Comparative Studies on Religion and Society
edited by Steven Friesen, Dan Schowalter, and James Walters
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Biographical note
Steven J. Friesen, Ph.D. (1990) in the Study of Religion, Harvard University, is the Louise Farmer Boyer Chair in Biblical Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His publications include Twice Neokoros: Ephesus, Asia, and the Cult of the Flavian Imperial Family (Brill, 1993), and Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John: Reading Revelation in the Ruins (Oxford University Press, 2001).
Daniel N. Schowalter, Th.D (1989) in New Testament and Christian Origins, Harvard Divinity School, is Professor of Classics and Religion at Carthage College, and is Co-Director of the Omrit Archaeological project in Northern Israel. His research focuses on archaeological evidence for the religions of the Roman Empire
James C. Walters, Ph.D. (1991) in Religious Studies, Boston University, is Associate Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Boston University. His publications focus on the urban social contexts of the Apostle Paul's mission and letters including Ethnic Issues in Paul's Letter to the Romans (Trinity Press International, 1993)
Daniel N. Schowalter, Th.D (1989) in New Testament and Christian Origins, Harvard Divinity School, is Professor of Classics and Religion at Carthage College, and is Co-Director of the Omrit Archaeological project in Northern Israel. His research focuses on archaeological evidence for the religions of the Roman Empire
James C. Walters, Ph.D. (1991) in Religious Studies, Boston University, is Associate Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Boston University. His publications focus on the urban social contexts of the Apostle Paul's mission and letters including Ethnic Issues in Paul's Letter to the Romans (Trinity Press International, 1993)
Table of contents
Introduction: Context, Comparison
Steven J. Friesen
IMPERIALS: GREEK & ROMAN
The Social and Ethnic Origins of the Colonists in Early Roman Corinth
Benjamin Millis
Asklepios in Greek and Roman Corinth
Bronwen Wickkiser
The Emperor in a Roman Town: the Base of the Augustales in the Forum at Corinth
Margaret Laird
Greek Heritage in Roman Corinth and Ephesos: Hybrid Identities and Strategies of Display in the Material Record of Traditional Mediterranean Religions
Christine Thomas
SOCIAL STRATA
Image and Cult: The Coinage of Roman Corinth
Mary E. Hoskins Walbank
Ceres, Κόρη, 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 Walbank
Appendix: The Corinthian Census
LOCAL RELIGION
Seeking Shelter in Roman Corinth: Archaeology and the Placement of Paul’s Communities
Daniel Neal Schowalter
Paul and the Politics of Meals in Roman Corinth
James Walters
The Sacred Spring: Landscape and Traditions
Guy Sanders
Religion and Society at Roman Kenchreai
Joseph Rife
Religion and Society in the Roman Eastern Corinthia
Timothy E. Gregory
Steven J. Friesen
IMPERIALS: GREEK & ROMAN
The Social and Ethnic Origins of the Colonists in Early Roman Corinth
Benjamin Millis
Asklepios in Greek and Roman Corinth
Bronwen Wickkiser
The Emperor in a Roman Town: the Base of the Augustales in the Forum at Corinth
Margaret Laird
Greek Heritage in Roman Corinth and Ephesos: Hybrid Identities and Strategies of Display in the Material Record of Traditional Mediterranean Religions
Christine Thomas
SOCIAL STRATA
Image and Cult: The Coinage of Roman Corinth
Mary E. Hoskins Walbank
Ceres, Κόρη, 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 Walbank
Appendix: The Corinthian Census
LOCAL RELIGION
Seeking Shelter in Roman Corinth: Archaeology and the Placement of Paul’s Communities
Daniel Neal Schowalter
Paul and the Politics of Meals in Roman Corinth
James Walters
The Sacred Spring: Landscape and Traditions
Guy Sanders
Religion and Society at Roman Kenchreai
Joseph Rife
Religion and Society in the Roman Eastern Corinthia
Timothy E. Gregory
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