St. Paul's Corinth
Subtitle: text and archaeology
By: Jerome Murphy-O'Connor.
Edition: 3rd rev. and expanded ed.
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Collegeville, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Corinth (Greece) -- History -- Sources.; Corinth (Greece) -- Antiquities.
Other titles: Saint Paul's Corinth
Description: Corinth, one of the most fascinating centers of the early Christian movement, is explored through both literary and archaeological means. In St. Paul's Corinth the evidence of thirty-three Greek and Latin authors is arranged and presented chronologically from the first century B.C.E. to the second century C.E.

This third revised and expanded edition includes new textual and archaeological material based on continuing research on Corinth. The text of previous editions has been thoroughly revised in the interest of greater clarity and accuracy. The edition also includes updated maps and plans of the region.

St. Paul's Corinth is divided into four parts. Part 1: The Ancient Texts includes "Pausanias," "Antipater of Sidon," "Polystratus," Cicero," "Crinagoras," "Diodorus Siculus," "Strabo," "Livy," "Propertius," "Vitruvius," "Philo," "Inscription Honouring Iunia Theodora," "Petronius Arbiter," "Pliny the Elder," "Epictetus," "Flavius Josephus," "Martial," "Pseudo-Julian," "Dio Chrysostom," "Plutarch," "Juvenal," "Pliny the Younger," "Suetonius," Appian," "Florus," "Aelius Aristides," "Lucian," "Apuleius," Gellius," "Alciphron," "Dio Cassius," "Philostratus," and "Athenaeus."

Part 2: Paul in Corinth includes "The Edict of Claudius," "The Proconsul Gallio," and "After the Founding Visit."

Part 3: Archaeology includes "House Churches and the Eucharist," "Temple Banquets and the Body," and "The Workplace and the Apostolate."

Part 4: Corinthian Bronze includes "The Passion for Possession," "The Value of Corinthian Bronze," "The Origins of Interest in Corinthian Bronze," "Corinthian Bronze in Rome," "How Was Corinthian Bronze Made?" "Recognizing an Authentic Corinthian Bronze," "Corinthian Bronze Statues and Figurines," "Utilitarian but Beautiful," "Bronze Production in Roman Corinth."

Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, OP, teaches at the Ecole Biblique in Jerusalem.
Notes: "A Michael Glazier book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-229) and indexes.

# 040811
Table of contents: label: Pausanias
title: 5; label: Antipater of Sidon
title: 40; label: Crinagoras
title: 49; label: Livy
title: 70; label: Petronius Arbiter
title: 85; label: Dio Chrysostom
title: 99; label: Juvenal
title: 113; label: Appian
title: 120; label: The Proconsul Gallio
title: 161; label: After the Founding Visit
title: 170; label: Temple Banquets and the Body
title: 186; label: The Workplace and the Apostolate
title: 192; label: Introduction
title: 201; label: How Was Corinthian Bronze Made?
title: 208; label: Utilitarian but Beautiful
title: 216; label: Lucian
title: 128; label: Gellius
title: 134; label: Athenaeus
title: 142; label: The Greek Text of the Gallio Inscription
title: 219; label: Abbreviations
title: 230; label: Classical Author Index
title: 236