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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962198803321

Titolo

Corinth in context : comparative studies on religion and society / / edited by Steven J. Friesen, Daniel N. Schowalter, and James C. Walters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1283038978

9004181970

9786613038975

9004190619

9789004190610

9789004181977

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (527 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Supplements to Novum Testamentum, , 0167-9732 ; ; v. 134

Disciplina

200.938

Soggetti

Religion and sociology - Greece - Corinth - History

Christian sociology - Greece - Corinth - History - Early church, ca. 30-600

Christian antiquities - Greece - Corinth

Corinth (Greece) Religion Congresses

Corinth (Greece) Church history Congresses

Corinth (Greece) Antiquities Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Chapter One Introduction: Context, Comparison; Imperials: Greek & Roman; Chapter Two The Social and Ethnic Origins of the Colonists in Early Roman Corinth; Chapter Three Asklepios in Greek and Roman Corinth; Chapter Four The Emperor in a Roman Town: The Base of the Augustales in the Forum at Corinth; Chapter Five Greek Heritage in Roman Corinth and Ephesos: Hybrid Identities and Strategies of Display in the Material Record of Traditional Mediterranean Religions; Social Strata

Chapter Six Image and Cult: The Coinage of Roman CorinthChapter



Seven Ceres, Κορ́η, and Cultural Complexity: Divine Personality Definitions and Human Worshippers in Roman Corinth; Chapter Eight The Wrong Erastus: Ideology, Archaeology, and Exegesis; Chapter Nine Where Have all the Names Gone? The Christian Community in Corinth in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Eras; Local Religion; Chapter Ten Seeking Shelter in Roman Corinth: Archaeology and the Placement of Paul's Communities; Chapter Eleven Paul and the Politics of Meals in Roman Corinth

Chapter Twelve The Sacred Spring: Landscape and TraditionsChapter Thirteen Religion and Society at Roman Kenchreai; Chapter Fourteen Religion and Society in the Roman Eastern Corinthia; Bibliography; Index; Maps

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, archaeologists, classicists, and specialists in Christian origins examine the social and religious life of ancient Corinth.  The interdisciplinary contributions present new materials and findings on the themes of Greek and Roman identities, social stratification, and local religion.