Corinth in Context: Comparative Studies on Religion and SocietySteve Friesen, Dan Schowalter, James Walters This volume is the product of an interdisciplinary conference held at the University of Texas at Austin. Specialists in the study of inscriptions, architecture, sculpture, coins, tombs, pottery, and texts collaborate to produce new portraits of religion and society in the ancient city of Corinth. The studies focus on groups like the early Roman colonists, the Augustales (priests of Augustus), or the Pauline house churches; on specific cults such as those of Asklepios, Demeter, or the Sacred Spring; on media (e.g., coins, or burial inscriptions); or on the monuments and populations of nearby Kenchreai or Isthmia. The result is a deeper understanding of the religious life of Corinth, contextualized within the socially stratified cultures of the Hellenistic and Roman periods. |
Contents
List of Contributors | 2 |
Context Comparison | 3 |
Greek Roman | 12 |
Chapter Two The Social and Ethnic Origins of the Colonists in Early Roman Corinth | 13 |
Chapter Three Asklepios in Greek and Roman Corinth | 36 |
The Base of the Augustales in the Forum at Corinth | 67 |
Hybrid Identities and Strategies of Display in the Material Record of Traditional Mediterranean Religions | 117 |
Social Strata | 148 |
Chapter Nine Where Have all the Names Gone? The Christian Community in Corinth in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Eras | 257 |
Local Religion | 324 |
Archaeology and the Placement of Pauls Communities | 327 |
Chapter Eleven Paul and the Politics of Meals in Roman Corinth | 342 |
Landscape and Traditions | 365 |
Chapter Thirteen Religion and Society at Roman Kenchreai | 391 |
Chapter Fourteen Religion and Society in the Roman Eastern Corinthia | 433 |
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