Urban religion in Roman Corinth : interdisciplinary approaches / edited by Daniel N. Schowalter and Steven J. Friesen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schowalter, Daniel N., 1957-

Friesen, Steven J.

Series:

Harvard theological studies ; no. 53.

Harvard theological studies ; no. 53

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corinth (Greece)--Religion.

Corinth (Greece).

Corinth (Greece)--Antiquities.

Corinth (Greece)--Church history.

Christianity and other religions--Greek.

Christianity and other religions.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Physical Description:

xiv, 523 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School : Distributed by Harvard University Press, [2005]

Summary:

This book covers the history, topography, and urban development of Corinth with special attention to civic and private religious practices in the Roman colony. Expert analysis of the latest archaeological data is coupled with thoughtful consideration of what can be known about the emergence and evolution of the religions in Corinth. Several scholars consider specific aspects of archaeological evidence and ask how enhanced knowledge of burial practice, water supply, and city planning strengthen our understanding of religious identity and practice in the ancient city. This volume seeks to gain insight into the nature of the Greco-Roman city visited by Paul, and the ways in which Christianity gradually emerged as the dominant religion.

This volume is a collaborative effort by scholars of archaeology, Greco-Roman studies, and early Christian literature who met at Harvard University in January 2002. This is the third in a series on ancient cities utilizing an interdisciplinary approach to understand urban life in ancient times. The earlier books are Ephesos: Metropolis of Asia (1995, reprinted 2004) and Pergamon: Citadel of the Gods (1998).

Contents:

Urban Corinth: an introduction / G.D.R. Sanders

Urban and rural planning in Roman Corinth / David Gilman Romano

Favorinus's "Corinthian oration": a piqued panorama of the hadrianic forum / L. Michael White

Fountains and the formation of cultural identity at Roman Corinth / Betsey A. Robinson

Religion in Corinth: 146 B.C.E. to 100 C.E. / Nancy Bookidis

Rites for Melikertes-Palaimon in the early Roman Corinthia / Elizabeth R. Gebhard

The stones don't speak and the texts tell lies: sacred sex at Corinth / John R. Lanci

Roman Corinth : the final years of pagan cult facilities along East Theater Street / Charles K. Williams II

Unquiet graves: burial practices of the Roman Corinthians / Mary E. Hoskins Walbank

Placing the dead: funerary practice and social stratification in the early Roman period at Corinth and Ephesos / Christine M. Thomas

Paul's letters to Corinth: the interpretive intertwining of literary and historical reconstruction / Margaret M. Mitchell

The silence of the apostle / Helmut Koester

Prospects for a demography of the Pauline mission: Corinth among the churches / Steven J. Friesen

Paul's assembly in Corinth: an alternative society / Richard A. Horsley

Civic identity in Roman Corinth and its impact on early Christians / James Walters

Archaeological evidence for early Christianity and the end of Hellenic religion in Corinth / G.D.R. Sanders

Ecclesiastical ambiguities: Corinth in the fourth and fifth centuries / Vasiliki Limberis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [459]-498) and indexes.

ISBN:

0674016602

OCLC:

56874310