Corinth in Contrast: Studies in Inequality (Supplements to Novum Testamentum (Brill))

In Corinth in Contrast, archaeologists, historians, art historians, classicists, and New Testament scholars examine the stratified nature of socio-economic, political, and religious interactions in the city from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity. The volume challenges standard social histories of Corinth by focusing on the unequal distribution of material, cultural, and spiritual resources. Specialists investigate specific aspects of cultural and material stratification such as commerce, slavery, religion, marriage and family, gender, and art, analyzing both the ruling elite of Corinth and the non-elite Corinthians who made up the majority of the population. This approach provides insight into the complex networks that characterized every ancient urban center and sets an agenda for future studies of Corinth and other cities rule by Rome. 1. Steven J. Friesen, Sarah A. James, and Daniel N. Schowalter, Inequality in Corinth (you say that like it’s a bad thing) Elites and Non-elites 2. Sarah A. James, The Last of the Corinthians? Society and Settlement from 146 to 44 BCE 3. Benjamin W. Millis, The Local Magistrates and Elite of Roman Corinth 4. Laura S. Nasrallah, “You Were Bought with a Price”: Freedpersons and Things in 1 Corinthians 5. Sarah Lepinksi, Painting Practices in Roman Corinth: Greek or Roman? Socio-economic Inequality in Corinth 6. Guy D. R. Sanders, Landlords and Tenants: Sharecroppers and Subsistence Farming in Corinthian Historical Context 7. David K. Pettegrew, The Diolkos and the Emporion: How a Land Bridge Framed the Commercial Economy of Roman Corinth 8. William Caraher, The Ambivalent Landscape of Christian Corinth: The Archaeology of Place, Theology, and Politics in a Late Antique City 9. Daniel N. Schowalter, Regilla Standing By: Reconstructed Statuary and Re-inscribed Bases in Fourth-Century Corinth. Inequalities in Gender & Religion in Roman Corinth 10. Ronald S. Stroud, Religion and Magic in Roman Corinth 11. Steven J. Friesen, Junia Theodora of Corinth: Gendered Inequalities in the Early Empire 12. Caroline Johnson Hodges, ‘Mixed Marriage’ in Early Christianity: Trajectories from Corinth Inequality in Corinth -- Steven J. Friesen, Sarah A. James, and Daniel N. Schowalter The last of the Corinthians? : society and settlement from 146 to 44 BCE -- Sarah A. James The local magistrates and elite of Roman Corinth -- Benjamin W. Millis "You were bought with a price" : freedpersons and things in 1 Corinthians -- Laura Salah Nasrallah Painting practices in Roman Corinth : Greek or Roman? -- Sarah Lepinski Landlords and tenants : sharecroppers and subsistence farming in Corinthian historical context -- Guy D.R. Sanders The Diolkos and the Emporion : how a land bridge framed the commercial economy of Roman Corinth -- David K. Pettegrew The ambivalent landscape of Christian Corinth : the archaeology of place, theology, and politics in a late antique city -- William Caraher Regilla standing by : reconstructed statuary and re-inscribed bases in fourth-century Corinth -- Daniel N. Schowalter Religion and magic in Roman Corinth -- Ronald S. Stroud Junia Theodora of Corinth : gendered inequalities in the early empire -- Steven J. Friesen 'Mixed marriage' in early Christianity : trajectories from Corinth -- Caroline Johnson Hodge. "In Corinth in contrast, archaeologists, historians, art historians, classicists, and New Testament scholars examine the stratified nature of socio-economic, political, and religious interactions in the city from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity. This volume challenges standard social histories of Corinth by focusing on the unequal distribution of material, cultural, and spiritual resources. Specialists investigate specific aspects of cultural and material stratification such as commerce, slavery, religion, marriage and family, gender, and art, analyzing both the ruling elite of Corinth and the non-elite Corinthians who made up the majority of the population. This approach provides insight into the complex networks that characterized every ancient urban center and sets an agenda for future studies of Corinth and other cities ruled by Rome."--back cover. In this book, archaeologists, historians, art historians, classicists, and New Testament scholars examine the stratified nature of socio-economic, political, and religious interactions in the city from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity. The volume challenges standard social histories of Corinth by focusing on the unequal distribution of material, cultural, and spiritual resources. Specialists investigate specific aspects of cultural and material stratification such as commerce, slavery, religion, marriage and family, gender, and art, analyzing both the ruling elite of Corinth and the non-elite Corinthians who made up the majority of the population. This approach provides insight into the complex networks that characterized every ancient urban center and sets an agenda for future studies of Corinth and other cities rule by Rome In Corinth in Contrast, archaeologists, historians, art historians, classicists, and New Testament scholars examine the stratified nature of social, economic, political, and religious interactions in the city of Corinth from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity.