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The FirsT Urban ChUrChes 2 roman CorinTh

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First urban churches / edited by James r. harrison and l. l. Welborn.volumes cm. — (society of biblical literature. Writings from the greco-roman world supplement series ; number 7)

includes bibliographical references.Contents: 1. methodological foundations.

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Contents

abbreviations ...................................................................................................vii

introduction: excavating the Urban life of roman CorinthJames r. harrison ......................................................................................1

inequality in roman Corinth: evidence from diverse sources evaluated by a neo-ricardian model

l. l. Welborn ............................................................................................47

negotiating multiple modes of religion and identity in roman Corinth

Cavan Concannon ....................................................................................85

between polis, oikos, and ekklesia: The Challenge of negotiating the spirit World (1 Cor 12:1–11)

Kathy ehrensperger ...............................................................................105

brother against brother: Controversiae about inheritance disputes and 1 Corinthians 6:1–11

michael peppard .....................................................................................133

The Changing rural horizons of Corinth’s First Urban Christiansdavid K. pettegrew .................................................................................153

mixed-language inscribing at roman Corinthbradley J. bitner ......................................................................................185

“The god of This age” (2 Cor 4:4) and paul’s empire-resisting gospel at Corinth

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paul and the Agōnothetai at Corinth: engaging the Civic Values of antiquity

James r. harrison ..................................................................................271

Contributors ...................................................................................................327primary sources index .................................................................................329modern authors index .................................................................................347

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Conf. philo, De confusione linguarumCont. dio Chrysostom, Contio (Or. 47)Contr. elder seneca, Controversiae[Cor.] dio Chrysostom, Corinthiaca (Or. 37)Cyr. Xenephon, CyropaediaDe or. Cicero, De oratoreDecal. philo, De decalogoDef. orac. Cicero, De defectu oraculorumDeip. athenaeus, DeipnosophistaeDemon. lucian, DemonaxDescr. pausanias, Graeciae descriptioDial. seneca the Younger, DialogiDial. d. lucian, Dialogi deorumDin. dionysius of halicarnassus, De DinarchoDiv. Cicero, De divinationeEccl. aristophanes, EcclesiazusaeEcl. EclogaeEp. Epistulae; seneca the Younger, Epistulae moralesEpit. Justin, Epitoma historiarum PhilippicarumEpitr. menander, EpitrepontesEq. aristophanes, EquitesEth. nic. aristotle, Ethica nicomacheaEuthyd. plato, EuthydemusFact. Valerius maximus, Facta et dicta memorabiliaFlac. Cicero, Pro FlaccoFlam. plutarch, Titus FlamininusFrat. amor. plutarch, De fraterno amoreGeogr. strabo, Geographicahel. syn. pr. hellenistic synagogal prayersHell. Xenophon, HellenicaHist. HistoriesHist. rom. dio Cassius, Historia romanaIl. homer, IliadInst. Quintilian, Institutio oratoriaLeg. Cicero, De legibusLegat. philo, Legatio ad GaiumLeoc. lycurgus, Contra LeocratesLex. Valerius harpocration, Lexicon in decem oratores

Atticos

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Ling. Varro, De lingua latinaMarc. plutarch, MarcellusMem. Xenophon, MemorabiliaMetam. apuleius, MetamorphosesMor. plutarch, MoraliaNat. pliny the elder, Naturalis historiaNat. d. Cicero, De natura deorumNic. lysias, Contra NicomachusOd. homer, OdysseyPelop. Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian WarPer. plutarch, PericlesPhars. lucan, PharsaliaPol. aristotle, Politica; plato, PoliticusPraec. ger. rei publ. plutarch, Praecepta gerendae rei publicaeProt. plato, ProtagorasQuaest. conv. plutarch, Quaestionum convivialum libri IXRan. aristophanes, Ranae[Reg. imp. apophth.] plutarch, Regum et imperatorum apophthegmataRep. Cicero, De republicaResp. plato, RespublicaRhod. dio Chrysostom, Rhodiaca (Or. 31)Rom. plutarch, RomulusRust. Columella, Res rusticaSacr. philo, De sacrificiis Abelis et CainiSat. Juvenal, Satiraesib. or. sibylline oraclesSomn. philo, De somniisSpec. philo, De specialibus legibusStrat. Frontinus, StrategemataTheog. hesiod, TheogoniaThesm. aristophanes, ThesmophoriazusaeTib. suetonius, TiberiusTim. aeschines, In Timarchum; plutarch, TimoleonTrapez. isocrates, TrapeziticusTusc. Cicero, Tusculanae disputationsVat. Cicero, In VatiniumVesp. aristophanes, Vespae; suetonius, VespasianusVirt. dio Chrysostom, De virtute (Or. 8)Vit. aere al. Cicero, De vitando aere alieno

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